Kopeck - Peter I / Ivan V with the name of Peter

Between 1682 and 1696, Russia was nominally ruled by two tsars simultaneously — the brothers Ivan V and Peter I, co-sovereigns installed after the Streltsy revolt of 1682 forced a political compromise that elevated both rather than either alone. This kopeck belongs to that strange interregnum, struck under the wire-money technique inherited from medieval Muscovy: blanks hammered from silver rod, sheared, and struck with hand-cut dies, producing the characteristic irregular fish-scale shape. The GKH references distinguish subvarieties by die pairing, and collectors working this series must contend with the near-impossibility of finding two examples struck from the same die alignment.