Kopeck - Peter I

Peter I's wire money kopecks — struck by twisting silver rod into small blanks and impressing them with hand dies — were an archaic holdover he actively despised. By 1710 he was already mid-campaign to replace them entirely with Western-style milled coinage, a reform he had begun in 1700. These late wire kopecks were struck in diminishing quantities as the new round coinage absorbed demand; production of the type ceased altogether by 1718.

The blanks' irregular shape made consistent die placement nearly impossible, which is why no two examples align identically.