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Denga - Mikhail Borisovich
| Issuer | Tver, Grand Principality of |
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| Year | 1461-1485 |
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| Value | 1 Denga (0.005) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription reading КНЯЗЬ ВЕЛИКИЙ МИХАИЛ, identifying the issuing prince Mikhail Borisovich, Grand Prince of Tver. The legend is distributed across several horizontal registers filling the irregular flan, executed in the angular, compressed letterforms characteristic of late Tver mint production. The field shows typical die-struck surface irregularities and minor flatness attributable to the hammered striking technique. No border or decorative frame surrounds the inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (1461-1485) |
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Mikhail Borisovich was the last independent Grand Prince of Tver, holding out against Muscovite expansion until 1485, when Ivan III marched on the city and Mikhail fled to Lithuania. These dengas were struck across roughly two decades of increasingly precarious sovereignty, as Moscow absorbed every neighboring principality one by one. Tver's mint ceased operations the moment Ivan's forces entered.