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Kopeck - Mikhail I о М
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1618-1625 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Cramped multi-line Cyrillic legend filling the entire reverse field, reading the full titulature of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich: ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ МИХАИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ (Tsar and Grand Prince Mikhail Fyodorovich of All Russia). The inscription is arranged in several horizontal lines across the irregular flan, characteristic of Russian wire money of the early 17th century. The legend is struck in relief with varying depth due to the hand-hammered technique, resulting in partial legibility across the surface. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ МИХАИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ |
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Mikhail Romanov's earliest kopecks were struck under conditions of near-institutional collapse — the Time of Troubles had left the Russian minting apparatus fragmented across Pskov, Novgorod, and Moscow, each operating with inconsistent dies and irregular silver supply. The "о М" mint mark combination places this piece at Moscow during the first years of Romanov consolidation, when establishing a recognizable coinage was itself a political act of stabilization.
Wire money of this period was produced by drawing silver rod into wire, cutting it to weight, and striking between hand-cut dies — a technique unchanged in Russia since the fifteenth century.