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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1709 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a mounted Tsar on a galloping horse facing right, holding a spear in the traditional pose of St. George the Dragon-Slayer, a long-established convention on Russian wire kopecks representing the sovereign. The figure is rendered in the characteristically schematic, elongated style typical of hammered wire money of this period. Beneath the horse's hooves appears the date inscription in Cyrillic numerals. The irregular flan shape is consistent with the chekanka provoloka (wire money) production method. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription arranged across the irregular flan, containing the full honorific titulature of Tsar Peter I. The legend reads «ЦРЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ ВСЕЯ РОССIИ САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ», translating as 'Tsar Peter Alekseevich, Autocrat of All Russia'. The text is distributed across the available surface in the characteristic abbreviated manner of wire kopeck production, with letter spacing and line breaks dictated by the shape of the flan. The script is executed in traditional Cyrillic letterforms consistent with early 18th-century Russian coinage practice. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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