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Kopeck - Boris Godunov Pskov
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1598-1605 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1533-1717) |
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| Reverse description | A multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire field, presenting the full royal titulature of the issuing sovereign. The legend reads ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ БОРИС ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ, translating as 'Tsar and Grand Prince Boris Feodorovich of all Rus.' The text is arranged in compressed horizontal lines across the irregular flan, a standard layout for Russian wire kopecks of this era. Letter forms are characteristic of late 16th- to early 17th-century Muscovite epigraphy. Due to the small and irregular planchet, portions of the inscription are frequently partially struck or off-flan on individual specimens. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ БОРИС ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ |
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Boris Godunov's claim to the throne was legally complicated from the start — he was elected tsar by a zemsky sobor, the first Russian ruler to hold power on such an explicitly elective basis, following the extinction of the Rurik dynasty with Feodor I. Coins struck in his name, including Pskov issues, served immediate political weight beyond commerce: they announced legitimate rule to a population deeply skeptical of a boyar who had, in many minds, maneuvered his way to power through the regency years.
Pskov maintained its own mint operations within the wire-money system, distinguishing its output with a characteristic П mint mark.