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Kopeck - Peter I / Ivan V with the name of Peter
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1682-1696 |
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| Value | 1 Kopeck (1 Копейка) (0.01) |
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| Reverse description | Cyrillic legend arranged in multiple lines across the field, reading the full royal titulature of Tsar Peter Alexeyevich. The inscription, typical of late 17th-century Russian wire kopecks, proclaims the sovereign's titles in abbreviated form across the irregular flan. The lettering is characteristic of the Muscovite hammered coinage tradition, with individual characters struck in bold relief against an uneven surface. The text reads: ЦАРЬ И ВЕЛИКИЙ КНЯЗЬ ПЕТР АЛЕКСЕЕВИЧ ВСЕЯ РУСИ (Tsar and Grand Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich of all Rus). |
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| Edge | Plain |
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From 1682 to 1696, Russia operated under a dual tsardom — Ivan V and Peter I ruled jointly, with the Regent Sophia holding practical power until her removal in 1689. Wire money of this period reflects that constitutional awkwardness directly: some pieces were struck in Ivan's name, some in Peter's, and the attribution of individual coins to one tsar or the other remains a persistent cataloging problem given the crudeness of the wire-money flan and the variability of die alignment on any given strike.
Production used the centuries-old technique of hammering cut wire blanks — no two flans identical in shape.