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Kopeck - Mikhail I M
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1618-1625 |
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| Value | 1 Kopeck (1 Копейка) (0.01) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | Multi-line Cyrillic inscription distributed across the coin's irregular flan, reading the full royal titulature of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. The legend, rendered in abbreviated form across several lines as dictated by the small and irregular wire-money flan, reads: ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ МИХАИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ (Tsar and Grand Prince Mikhail Fedorovich of All Rus). The lettering is struck in the characteristic compressed, angular style typical of Russian wire kopecks of this period. |
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Mikhail Romanov's early kopecks were struck during one of the most chaotic monetary periods in Russian history. The Time of Troubles had just ended, the treasury was depleted, and the new dynasty was scrambling to establish fiscal credibility. These wire money pieces — hand-cut from drawn silver rod and struck between crude dies — were produced not at a single centralized facility but across multiple mints operating simultaneously, including Moscow, Novgorod, and Pskov, each leaving subtle differences in style that specialists use to attribute individual pieces today.