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Half-denga - Vasily I Dmitriyevich Cyrillic legend / Cyrillic legend
| Issuer | Moscow, Grand principality of |
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| Year | 1420-1423 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Irregularly shaped hammered flan bearing a multi-line Cyrillic inscription disposed across the field in horizontal registers, mirroring the obverse in layout and style. The legend, reading 'Grand Prince Vasily', is rendered in the same archaic Muscovite Cyrillic script, with bold, somewhat roughly formed letterforms and star or cross stops between words. Surface shows characteristic granularity and flow lines of the hammered silver production technique of early 15th-century Moscow. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Vasily I spent much of his reign navigating tribute obligations to the Golden Horde while simultaneously asserting Muscovite coinage as a distinct political instrument. The half-denga — polushka — was among the smallest denominations struck, and surviving examples from this period are frequently clipped or test-cut, reflecting the distrust of silver purity that plagued Rus coinage before any standardized assay system existed. HP II#1521 is a recognized type within a series notorious for die-cutting inconsistencies, making clean strikes scarce.