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Kopeck - Boris Godunov Moscow, Б-О-М
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1598-1605 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1533-1717) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a five-line Cyrillic inscription contained within a dotted border or fragment thereof, presenting the full titulature of Tsar Boris Feodorovich Godunov. The text reads 'ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ БОРИС ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ' (Tsar and Grand Duke Boris Feodorovich of All Rus), rendered in the abbreviated and ligated orthographic conventions typical of late medieval Russian wire coinage. Due to the small, irregular flan, the legend is typically incomplete on any given example, with only a portion of the inscription visible. The lettering is deeply struck in the archaic Cyrillic script of the period, consistent with contemporary Muscovite minting practice. |
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| Mintage | ND (1598-1605) - Rarity (KG) 8 |
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Boris Godunov ruled during one of the most unstable successions in Russian history — appointed tsar after the death of Feodor I, the last Rurikid, he faced immediate questions of legitimacy that followed him throughout his reign. These wire money kopecks, struck at Moscow with the Б-О-М mint signature, were produced using the traditional pul technique: silver wire cut and hammered between dies, each piece irregular in shape by nature of the process. Godunov died in April 1605 with the first Pretender's army already advancing on Moscow.