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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1702 |
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| Weight | 0.28 g |
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| Obverse description | A mounted horseman, representing the Tsar, rides a galloping horse to the right, wielding a spear in the traditional depiction inherited from medieval Russian coinage. The figure is rendered in the archaic, flat style characteristic of early Russian wire money (chekhi). Beneath the horse's hooves, the date is inscribed in Cyrillic numerals. The flan is irregular in shape, typical of the hand-struck wire-money technique of the period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a four-line Cyrillic inscription naming the issuing sovereign, surmounted by a titlo abbreviation mark above the royal title. The legend is boldly struck in raised relief against a flat, unadorned field, consistent with the wire-money (chekhi) production technique of the Moscow mint. The irregular, elongated flan displays the characteristic outline of a flattened silver wire planchet. The lettering style is archaic Church Slavonic, typical of Petrine-era wire kopecks. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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