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Kopeck - Mikhail I о М
| Issuer | Moscow Mint |
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| Year | 1618-1625 |
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| Value | 1 Kopeck (1 Копейка) (0.01) |
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| Reverse description | A multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire field of the irregularly shaped flan, presenting the full royal titulature of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. The legend, compressed and abbreviated in the manner standard to wire kopecks of the period, reads «ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ МИХАИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ» (Tsar and Grand Prince Mikhail Fedorovich of All Rus). The text is arranged in continuous lines without a border, conforming to the irregular shape of the hammered planchet. Lettering is struck in relief with characteristic abbreviations and ligatures of early 17th-century Russian coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЦРЬIВЕЛ. ИКIКНSЬ МBХЯIЛОФ ЕДОРОВIЧ ЬВСЕЯРУ СИ. (Translation: Tsar and Grand Prince Mikhail Fedorovich of All Rus) |
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Mikhail Romanov's early kopecks were struck under conditions of near-total administrative collapse. The Time of Troubles had ended in name by 1613, but the Moscow Mint was rebuilding from scratch — Swedish and Polish forces had occupied or disrupted production intermittently, and the workforce, dies, and silver supply all required reconstitution. The wire-money flans of this period were hand-cut from drawn rod, each piece individually hammered between dies, meaning no two are geometrically alike.
The "о М" mint mark distinguishes Moscow production from the Pskov and Novgorod issues of the same reign.