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Kopeck - Fyodor I Ivanovich Moscow, С М
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1584-1598 |
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| Shape | Irregular (Diameter 10.7-16.2 mm) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | Multiple lines of Cyrillic legend filling the entire flan in the characteristic multi-line format of Russian wire money. The inscription names Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich in his full royal titulature, arranged in abbreviated horizontal bands across the irregular field. The lettering is deeply struck in an archaic Cyrillic hand, with individual characters showing the angular, compressed forms typical of late 16th-century Muscovite die engraving. The text reads from top to bottom across the coin's surface. |
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Fyodor I's reign was largely administered by Boris Godunov, his brother-in-law and effective regent, yet the coinage continued under the tsar's name without interruption. The С М mint mark denotes Moscow, where wire-cut kopecks of this period were produced by hand from drawn silver rod — each flan individually snipped, rolled, and struck between dies, resulting in the irregular, elongated shapes characteristic of the type. No two pieces are identical in outline.
Fyodor died without an heir in 1598, ending the Rurik dynasty after seven centuries. Godunov took the throne immediately after.