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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 893441, member: 19463&quot;]The obvious feature on this kopeck is the two line mintmark under the horse MOC/KBA showing the coin was made in Moscow.&nbsp; I believe the letters match up with the top half of those used by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich 1645-1676.&nbsp; His coins tend to be more elongated oval than most and crude is normal.&nbsp; I believe these are not among the most common (if I am right on the ID).&nbsp; </p><p>This coin appears to be silver but this Tsar is best known for trying to save his silver and make people accept copper wire coins.&nbsp; In addition to being crude, they were red copper.&nbsp; It did not go well and resulted in the Copper Riot of 1662:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Riot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Riot" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0066cc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Riot</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t have a silver of his but attach a copper image.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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