Kopeck - Fyodor I Ivanovich Moscow, С М

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.