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Kopeck - Peter I / Ivan V with the name of Ivan
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1682-1696 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription filling the entire field, rendered in the archaic Muscovite script style characteristic of late 17th-century wire kopecks. The legend, arranged in compressed horizontal lines across the irregular flan, gives the full titulature of Tsar Ivan V Alexeyevich. The lettering is bold and deeply impressed relative to the small flan size, though partial legend truncation at the edges is typical for this hammered coinage type. No border or decorative elements surround the inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ ИОАНН АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ (Translation: Tsar and Grand Prince Ioann Alexeyevich of all Rus) |
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The joint reign of Peter I and Ivan V — enforced by the Streltsy revolt of 1682, which placed the developmentally disabled Ivan on the throne alongside his half-brother — produced coinage acknowledging both tsars, an administrative awkwardness the mint resolved by issuing wire-cut kopecks naming each ruler separately. This piece carries Ivan's name despite his being largely ceremonial, with real power exercised first by regent Sophia and later, increasingly, by Peter alone. Ivan V died in 1696, ending the co-tsardom and with it any reason to strike his name on silver.