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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 26662917, member: 4910&quot;]Russia minted interesting money in the old days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ivan IV was born in 1530. He became the Grand Prince of Moscow 1533 to 1547 with his mother Elena Glinskaya as regent.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1534 she created for Russia the first decimal coinage system by making 100 kopecks equal to 1 rouble. A denga was 1/2 kopeck.</p><p><br /></p><p>The small kopecks were struck using the &quot;wire money&quot; method where silver wire was cut into pieces, flattened, and struck using dies and a hammer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse has a horseman holding a sword or lance and the reverse has the Russian titles for the Grand Duke and Tsar.</p><p><br /></p><p>The horseman holding the lance is either the Tsar or St. George without a dragon.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1547 when Ivan was seventeen he was crowned as the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia and continued the practice of minting wire money.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are really small.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivansix_dime.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Russian wire money coins shown with United States dime </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivan4_denga_cn01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>1. Russia Ivan IV Denga</p><p>Silver, 11 mm x 9 mm, 0.32 gm, Struck 1535-1547</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>A man facing right riding a horse and holding sword.</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>КНSЬ ВЕЛIКI IВАН (Medieval Russian)</p><p>Grand Duke Ivan</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivan4_denga_cn02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>2. Russia Ivan IV Denga</p><p>Silver, 11 mm x 10 mm, 0.32 gm, Struck 1535-1547</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>A man facing right riding a horse and holding sword.</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>КНSЬ ВЕЛIКI IВАН (Medieval Russian)</p><p>Grand Duke Ivan</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivan4_denga_cn03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>3. Russia Ivan IV Denga</p><p>Silver, 10 mm x 7 mm, 0.33 gm, Struck 1547-1584</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>A man facing right riding a horse and holding sword.</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>ЦРЬ IКHАSЬ ВЕЛIKИ IBAN (Medieval Russian)</p><p>Tsar and Grand Duke Ivan</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivan4_kopek_cn01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>4. Russia Ivan IV Kopek</p><p>Silver, 14 mm x 10 mm, 0.58 gm, Mint: Velikiy Novgorod Mint (1547-1584)</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>A man facing right riding a horse and holding a lance</p><p>Mintmark: АЛ (AL)</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>ЦРЬИ - ВЕЛIКIИ - КНSЬIBA - НЪВСЕЯ - РУСIИ (Medieval Russian)</p><p>Tsar and Grand Prince Ivan of all Rus</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivan4_kopek_cn02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>5. Russia Ivan IV Kopek</p><p>Silver, 13 mm x 12 mm, 0.67 gm, Mint: Velikiy Novgorod Mint (1561-1584)</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>A man facing right riding a horse and holding a lance</p><p>Mintmark: К ВА (K VA)</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>ЦРЬИ - ВЕЛIКIИ - КНSЬIBA - НЪВСЕЯ - РУСIИ (Medieval Russian)</p><p>Tsar and Grand Prince Ivan of all Rus</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_russia_ivan4_kopek_cn03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>6. Russia Ivan IV Kopek</p><p>Silver, 13 mm x 13 mm, 0.68 gm, Mint: Velikiy Novgorod Mint (1561-1584)</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>A man facing right riding a horse and holding a lance</p><p>Mintmark: К ВА (K VA)</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>ЦРЬИ - ВЕЛIКIИ - КНSЬIBA - НЪВСЕЯ - РУСIИ (Medieval Russian)</p><p>Tsar and Grand Prince Ivan of all Rus</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1944 film &quot;Ivan the Terrible&quot; depicts Ivan&#039;s coronation ceremony:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_movie_ivanterrible_coronation.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>During the ceremony two noblemen pour large bowls of coins onto Ivan.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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