Russian Wire Kopek 16–17th Century

Origin: 1535-1717
Material: Silver.
Weight: 0.3-0.7gram
Size: 10-18mm.

Orginal Tsarist Wire Kopek.
Mainly from era of:

• Ivan IV “the Terrible”
• Feodor I
• Boris Godunov
• Peter I (Romanovs)

Each one kopek unique, hammered coin. 

Small silver pieces made by cutting segments of silver wire, then hammering them flat between dies.

Each one a different crooked shape, off center symbols.

Showing a mounted horseman (Moscow symbol), cyrillic insciptions.

Very small but ancient coins.

Handfull available being mostly from the earliest era Ivan IV, Feodor and Boris Godunov and Peter I so most around 500-300 year old.

Still shiny

sold per piece, i recommend if you enjoy this buy multiple but we have to little stock to make discount bundle only 6 pieces available.