(Dec 14, 2015)
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| Note | This coin is 10.7 mm and 0.32 grams | A BEAUTIFUL SILVER DENGA (WIRE MONEY) OF IVAN VASILYEVICH (IVAN THE TERRIBLE) MINTED IN 1550 AD
MINTED IN MOSCOW
OBVERSE – Horseman advancing right, brandishing a sable
REVERSE – Inscription in three lines "KNYAZ/VELIKI/IVAN" ("Grand Duke Ivan")
Rather than preparing blanks one at a time, the Moscow mint found that these small coins could be made by striking heated silver wire with the dies, then cutting the individual coin out
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