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Kopeck - Vasiliy IV Moscow
| Issuer | Russian Empire |
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| Year | 1606-1610 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A mounted horseman advances to the right, depicted in the traditional Russian wire money style with a long tilted spear held diagonally across the field. The rider sits astride a prancing horse rendered in low relief, characteristic of the crude but vigorous die-cutting of the early 17th-century Moscow mint. No mintmark appears in the field. The flan is irregular in shape, as typical of chekanka wire coinage produced by cutting silver wire and striking between two dies. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Cyrillic inscription distributed across five abbreviated lines within the oval flan, giving the full titulature of Tsar Vasiliy IV Shuysky. The legend reads: ЦРЬ I ВЕ (Л)IКИ КНS(Ь) BЯCIЛE ИB ЯHOBIЧЬ B CEѦ РУ(СI), translating as 'Tsar and Grand Duke Vasiliy Ivanovich of All Russia.' The lettering is compressed and abbreviated in the manner standard to Russian wire kopecks of the Time of Troubles period, with individual letters often partially struck due to the small, irregular flan. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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