Russia 1606 kopek
This specimen was lot 1589 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €120 (about US$150 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RUSSIE, Vassilij Ivanovitch Shujskij (1606-1610), AR kopeck, 1606, Pskov. Droit: Le Tsar chevauchant à droite, pointant la lance vers le bas. Sous le cheval, ΠC. Revers: Légende en cinq lignes. presque Très Beau. (Russia, Vassili Ivanovich Shuisky (1606-10), silver kopek of 1606, Pskov mint. Obverse: the tsar charges to right, pointing a lance downwards, "ΠC" below the horse. Reverse: five line inscription. About very fine.)
Après l'assassinat du faux Dmitrij par les bojars, ceux-ci choisirent l'un des leurs, Shujskij, comme nouveau tsar. Il descendait de Jurij Shujskij, fils de Vassilij Kirdjapa, grand-prince de Nijnij Novgorod. Le nouveau tsar eut à lutter contre un deuxième faux Dmitrij. Il abdiqua le 7 juillet 1610. (After the assassination of the false Dmitri by the boyars, they chose one of their own, Shuisky, as the new tsar. He descended from Yuri Shuisky, son of Vassili Kirjapa, grand price of Nijni Novgorod. The new tsar had to fight the second false Dmitri, abdicating in July 1610.)"
These kopeks were struck from pieces of wire rather than from punched blanks as in western Europe. This was a century before Peter the Great's reform which set 100 kopeks = one ruble.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 0,64 g.
Catalog reference: Melnikova, 1-1; Spassky, pl. 81, 15; Petrov, pl. 1, 391.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.
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