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Denga - Vasily II the Blind
| Issuer | Grand Principality of Moscow |
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| Year | 1450-1462 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Vasily II earned his epithet the hard way: blinded by his cousin Dmitry Shemyaka in 1446 during a brutal succession struggle that had already seen him captured, ransomed, and deposed. He recovered the throne the following year and reigned until his death in 1462, a period during which Moscow's monetary output was tightly controlled and deeply irregular. These final issues of his reign reflect a principality consolidating power rather than one at peace.
The denga's fractional weight places it at the lighter end of Muscovite silver coinage, consistent with gradual debasement trends across the mid-fifteenth century Russian principalities.