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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1700 |
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| Technique | Hammered (wire) |
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| Obverse description | Obverse of this wire money (cheshуika) depicts a mounted equestrian figure of Tsar Peter I facing right, shown in a stylised, bold relief characteristic of late Muscovite hammered coinage. The rider is portrayed holding a spear or lance diagonally across the field, with the horse rendered in a vigorous, archaic manner typical of the period. The design is struck on an irregular, elongated flan cut from a silver wire blank, resulting in partial rendering of the image at the edges. The flat, somewhat crude relief reflects the primitive wire-money technique still in use at the very end of the traditional Russian monetary system. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multi-line Cyrillic legend filling the entire field of the small, irregular flan, arranged in abbreviated lines as was conventional for Russian wire kopecks of this era. The inscription, reading across several lines, renders the full titulature of Tsar Peter Alexeyevich, identifying him as Tsar and Grand Prince of all Rus. The bold, raised Cyrillic lettering is characteristic of the Moscow Mint's late wire-money production, with individual characters crowded to fit the narrow, oval planchet. The text is partially cropped at the flan edges due to the inherent limitations of the hammered wire-money technique. |
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| Mintage | 1700 ҂ΑΨ |
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