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Name or Denominations
"Mordovka" - Central Volga imitation of Russian wire Kopeck
Issuer
NA
Ruler
Russia › Russian Empire (1547-1917)
Year of Minting
1535-1800
Currency
NA
Shape
Irregular
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
NA
Diameter
NA
Thickness
NA
Material
NA
Shape
Irregular
Edge Type
Plain
Technique
Hammered (usually holed)
Front design
Horseman galloping right, holding spear
Back design
Imitation of Cyrillic inscription
Year of Minting
1535-1800
Location
Russia › Russian Empire (1547-1917)
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Inscriptions
NA
Context
Mordovka - common term meaning imitations of wire and early Russian coins (less often, Golden Horde or other coins) minted by the non-Russian people in Mid-Volga region during, according to different researches, XV-XIX centuries. Researchers made various assumptions about the usage of Mordovkas as local coins or even as an official currency of Khanate of Kazan , but it is still unproven. Modern view is that they we used: as clothes decoration (usually smaller holed types); for religious rituals purposes (usually non-holed types). This usually holed type was (most probably) used as clothes decoration
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Proto-coins
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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