Coins of Ivan the Terrible

Coins of Ivan the Terrible: 29 records in the reference, struck between 1533 and 1547. By metal: silver — 25, copper — 4. By denomination: kopeck — 16, denga — 6, puli, pulo — 4, polushka — 3. Reference prices run from 100 to 5 300 roubles. Every entry carries photographs of both sides, metal, fineness, weight, diameter, mintage and catalogue numbers after Bitkin, Uzdenikov and Conros. Coins of the Russian Empire are dated by reign: the portrait or monogram on the obverse, the titles in the legend and the year below the truncation identify the reign even on a heavily worn piece. Within one reign coins differ by mint and by the mintmaster’s initials, struck as a two or three letter abbreviation.