1 Kopek 1709, BG
Coins-Tsarist Coins
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- Country: Tsarist Russia
- Weight: 8.53 g
- Metal: Copper
- Designation: Cu
- Denomination: 1 Kopek
- Ruler: Peter I
- Monetary unit: Kopek
- Mintmaster initials: BG
- Bitkin: 2035 (R3)
- Ilyin: 15 rub.
- Petrov: 30 rub.
- Diameter: 27 mm
- VG: 5100 ₽
- Reverse
The central part features the denomination in two lines: КОПЕИКА Below it, the year of mintage is indicated in Old Slavonic: 1709. Above the inscription is a dot. Around the circumference near the rim runs the text: ВСЕѦ РWССIИ САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ (Autocrat of All Russia). - Obverse
The central part of the obverse depicts St. George the Victorious on horseback, with a spear pointing to the lower right corner (no serpent). Beneath the horseman are the letters 'БГ'. An error in the designation of the Nadvizhny Mint. Above the horseman's head is a dot. Along the edge, from right to left, runs the text: ЦРЬ IВЕЛИКIИ КНЗЬ ПЕТРЪ АЛЕѯIЕВИЧЪ (Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alexeevich).
