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Kopeck - Peter I / Ivan V with the name of Peter
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1682-1696 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A crowned equestrian figure of the Tsar, depicted as a lance-bearing rider on a galloping horse facing right, rendered in the traditional Russian wire money style with bold, schematic lines. The rider holds a spear pointing downward toward the horse's forelegs, a motif derived from the St. George iconographic tradition. Mintmark letters appear beneath the horse's hooves in the field. The design is typical of late 17th-century Russian chekhi (wire kopecks), struck on an irregular silver planchet cut from wire. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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During the uneasy co-tsardom of Ivan V and Peter I — forced on the court by the Streltsy revolt of 1682 — coinage was issued under both names simultaneously, a political concession to the Miloslavsky faction that had backed Ivan. This particular piece carries Peter's name, though for most of this period real power rested with their sister Sophia as regent. The wire-money format, hammered from a thin silver rod and cut to weight, was already archaic by Western European standards but would persist in Russia until Peter abolished it after 1696.