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1/4 Dukat - Mikhail Fyodorovich
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1613-1645 |
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| Value | 1/4 Ducat (1/4 Червонец) (1/2) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire field, reading the title of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. The text is rendered in an early Russian script characteristic of the early seventeenth century, with abbreviated forms typical of the period. The lettering is arranged in horizontal registers across the oval flan, enclosed within a beaded border. No additional decorative devices are present; the inscription alone occupies the reverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ МИХАИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ |
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Mikhail Fyodorovich, first of the Romanov tsars, ascended in 1613 following the catastrophic Time of Troubles — a decade of famine, civil war, and foreign occupation that left Russia's treasury effectively destroyed. These fractional gold pieces were not struck for circulation but as reward tokens, distributed by the tsar as personal gifts or payments for service. The practice had roots in Byzantine court custom and persisted through the Romanov period long after Western minting practices had been adopted for standard coinage.
Fr#34 is among the rarest Friedberg listings for early Romanov gold.