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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1980426, member: 19463&quot;]The obverse of the silver kopecks was pretty standard showing a rider with downward spear.&nbsp; Often there is a letter or monogram under the horse and the reverse legends separate out the rulers but rarely are all on flan.&nbsp; Peter&#039;s are often worse than most.&nbsp; Your example is better than most.&nbsp; The one of Mikhail Fedorovich below has as much obverse as any I have.&nbsp; I am no expert, own very few and know no really good website.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]353148[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are other denominations from earlier rulers most commonly the denga (half kopeck) showing a horseman with a sword popular from the reign of Ivan the Terrible. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]353149[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Dies for these were mechanically reproduced so it is common to find what appear to be die duplicates using ancient standards.&nbsp; When I first learned this, I was fearing that such coins were fakes made from copy dies but it is apparently normal for these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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