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Denga - Vasiliy III Tver

Issuer Grand Principality of Moscow
Year 1510-1533
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Reference(s) Zaitsev#66, HP II#8173
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (1510-1533) Т
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Vasily III absorbed Tver into Muscovite territory in 1485 under his father Ivan III, but the local minting tradition persisted for decades afterward, producing coins that bore Tverite stylistic characteristics even as they circulated within an increasingly centralized Muscovite monetary system. This denga belongs to that transitional output — technically a Moscow issue, but carrying the residue of an independent principality that had ceased to exist a generation earlier.

At 0.39 g, these are among the lightest silver pieces of the period, frequently clipped further in circulation.

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