Kopeck - Boris Godunov Pskov

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.