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Kopeck - Peter I
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1712 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A crowned equestrian figure, representing the Tsar, depicted in profile facing right and mounted on a galloping horse, brandishing a long spear diagonally across the field. The rider wears a crown and robes rendered in the traditional wire money style, with the design struck on an irregular flan characteristic of Russian chekhi (wire coins). A row of small square pellets or dots appears along the upper edge of the flan. The engraving is bold and deeply impressed despite the rudimentary hammered technique. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire field of the irregular flan, conveying the full titulature of the Tsar in the traditional formula used on Russian wire kopecks of the period. The legend reads: «ЦРЬ И ВЕЛИКIИ КНЯЗЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧЬ ВСЕЯ РОССIИ», translating as 'Tsar and Grand Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich of all Rus'. The text is arranged in compressed lines to fit the small, elongated planchet, executed in archaic Cyrillic characters consistent with early 18th-century Russian epigraphy. No additional decorative elements are present. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЦРЬ И ВЕЛИКIИ КНЯЗЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧЬ ВСЕЯ РОССIИ (Translation: Tsar and Grand Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich of all Rus) |
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