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Kopeck - Michael I Velikiy Novgorod, НRGI
| Issuer | Novgorod Mint |
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| Year | 1617-1627 |
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| Technique | Hammered (wire) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts an armored equestrian figure — the Tsar or a warrior saint — riding a horse to the right, brandishing a spear or lance diagonally across the field in the characteristic manner of Russian wire money kopecks. The flan is irregularly shaped, as typical of hammer-struck wire coinage of the period, with a slightly convex surface. The design is rendered in low relief with bold, stylized strokes consistent with the artistic conventions of early 17th-century Muscovite mint production. The mint mark НRGI (Нові Город / Velikiy Novgorod) appears in the field, identifying the Novgorod Mint as the place of issue. The overall strike quality and flan shape are characteristic of the reign of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich (1613–1645). |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic legend arranged across the field of the irregular, lenticular flan, reading the full royal titulature of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich. The inscription is struck in the bold, abbreviated style typical of early Romanov wire kopecks, with letters filling the available flan surface. The text is disposed in several horizontal lines and partially wraps around the curved edges of the planchet. No figurative design is present; the reverse is entirely devoted to the royal legend. The lettering exhibits the characteristic compressed Cyrillic letterforms of early 17th-century Muscovite coinage. |
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