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Money of the last Rurikovich on the Russian throne-Tsar Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky (1606-1610)

Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, and chekan by monetary purchase


Tsar Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky is located in history in the era of the 'time of troubles' together with 2 False Dmitriy: Shuisky ascended to the kingdom after the death of Tsar Dmitry I, crowned in the Moscow Kremlin, and reigned almost simultaneously with the uncrowned Tsar Dmitry, better known by the nicknames 'Tushinsky vor' and 'Kaluzhsky tsarek'.
As the ruler who initiated the issue of Russian coins, Vasily IV Shuisky 'lit up' his legend on the reverse both on the official products of the Monetary Order at the mints of Moscow, Novgorod and Pskov, and on coins minted under the system of monetary payoffs, when the right to mint coins is transferred to private individuals – obviously, not free of charge.
On the obverse is a traditional kopek rider with a spear.
On the reverse – the inscription 'Tsar and Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich of All Russia'.
My coin has the classification number 251 according to the catalog of V. N. Kleshchinov, I. V. Grishin ' Catalog of Russian medieval coins...'. M, 1998.
The coin was minted at the Moscow Mint, although it is on this coin that the MO sign under the horse's hooves is missing.
In addition to issuing coins with the authorization of Tsar Vasily Shuisky, coins of reduced weight - in the name of Vasily Shuisky and his original stamps-were minted by the Swedes from 1611 during their occupation of Novgorod, when the deposed Shuisky was already in Polish captivity.
If the Swedes did not disdain to mint the name of the captive Tsar Vasily on coins, then it was politically contraindicated for the pretender to the royal throne (false) Dmitry II.
Therefore, after September 2, 1608, Pskov 'postponed' from Moscow and swore an impostor, the Pskov mint began to mint pennies with a different inscription on the reverse, namely: 'Tsar and Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich of All Russia'.
On a tiny coin-scale, the face of the Tushinsky thief-tsar, even if he is 'in law', can not be recognized, but here it is according to the Russian proverb: 'Not everyone sees the tsar, but everyone knows him.'

Деньги последнего Рюриковича на российском троне – царя Василия Ивановича Шуйского (1606 г. - 1610 г.)

Клещинов, Гришин 251

Копейка 1606-1610, Василий Шуйский, Русское царство

Country : Русское царство
Denomination : 1 копейка
Year : 1606-1610
Mint : Московский монетный двор
Circulation :
Material : Серебро
Weight :
Diameter :
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