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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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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The entire field is occupied by a multi-line Cyrillic inscription in archaic Russian lettering, struck in relief on the irregular planchet. The legend reads the full royal intitulature of Tsar Ivan V Alexeyevich, arranged in horizontal lines across the flan. The bold, slightly uneven letterforms are characteristic of the hammered wire-money technique of the Moscow Mint during the joint reign of Ivan V and Peter I. The inscription fills the available surface without a border or additional ornamental elements. |
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During the years 1682–1696, Russia was nominally ruled by two co-tsars — the half-brothers Peter and Ivan V — following a compromise brokered after the Miloslavsky-Naryshkin succession crisis of 1682. Coins were struck under both names simultaneously, a numismatic oddity with almost no parallel in Russian minting history. This piece bears Ivan's name, though real power shifted progressively toward Peter throughout the period, and Ivan's role was largely ceremonial from the outset.
These wire money kopecks were produced by the ancient "fish scale" hammering method, already archaic by Western standards at the time of striking.