Feodor III ruled for just six years before dying at twenty, leaving no heir and triggering the succession crisis that briefly put two tsars — Ivan V and the young Peter — on the throne simultaneously. These wire money kopecks, hand-struck from drawn silver rod and snipped to approximate weight, were already an anachronism by Feodor's reign; Peter would abolish the entire denomination format within a generation. The irregular flan shape is a production consequence, not damage.
Feodor III ruled for just six years before dying at twenty, leaving no heir and triggering the succession crisis that briefly put two tsars — Ivan V and the young Peter — on the throne simultaneously. These wire money kopecks, hand-struck from drawn silver rod and snipped to approximate weight, were already an anachronism by Feodor's reign; Peter would abolish the entire denomination format within a generation. The irregular flan shape is a production consequence, not damage.