Polushka - Ivan IV Moscow

Features

Issuer	Russia › Russian Empire (1547-1917)
Car	Ivan IV (Иван IV) (1547-1584)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1533-1584
Value	1 Polushka (1 Полушка) (1⁄400)
Currency	Rouble (1533-1717)
Composition	Srebro (.960)
Weight	0.17 g
Diameter	8.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Hammered (wire)
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 112412
References	KG# 98 Vladimir Nikolaevich Kleshchinov, Igor Valerievitch Grishin; 2007. Каталог русских средневековых монет: с правления Ивана IV Васильевича до шведской оккупации Новгорода (1533-1617 гг.) = Catalogue of Medieval Coins of Russia. Lenand, Moscow, Russian Federation. , Gaidukov# 372 Petr Grigorevič Gaidukov; 1993. Медные русские монеты конца XIV-XVI веков = Russian Copper Coins of the End of the 14th-16th Centuries. Наука, Moscow, Russian Federation. , Oreshnik# 686 Aleksei Vasilievich Oreshnikov; 1896. Русскія монеты до 1547 года = Russian Coins Before 1547. A. I. Mamontova, Moscow, Russian Federation. , Gutten# 542 Emeryk Hutten-Czapski; 1875. Удѣльныя, великокняжескія и царскія деньги древней Руси: собранія Графа Э. К. Гуттен-Чапскаго = Udulnya, Grand-ducal and Royal Money of Ancient Rus. Typography of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. , GKH# 100 Igor Valerievitch Grishin, Vladimir Nikolaevich Kleshchinov, Alexander Vladimirovich Khramenkov; 2015. Каталог русских средневековых монет с правления Ивана IV до правления Петра I (1533-1717) = Catalogue of Russian Medieval Coins From the Reign of Tsar Ivan IV to the Reign of Tsar Peter I (1533-1717). Leopart, Moscow, Russian Federation. , GKH2# 103 Igor Valerievitch Grishin, Vladimir Nikolaevich Kleshchinov, Alexander Vladimirovich Khramenkov; 2021. Каталог русских монет от Ивана Грозного до Петра Великого = Catalogue of Russian Coins From the Reign Ivan the Terrible to the Reign of Peter the Great (2^nd Edition). Leopart, Moscow, Russian Federation.

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Obverse

Ptak po prawej z rozpostartymi skrzydłami, w pełnym okręgu to Automatically translated

Reverse

Napis cyrylicą w kaligrafii Vyaz w okręgu, kropka po napisie
Legenda "ГОСУДАРЬ". Automatically translated

Script: Cyrylica

Lettering: ГОСДАРЬ

Edge

(fr) Tranche irrégulière caractéristique des monnaies de fil (« wire money »).

Mint

Moscow Mint (Московский монетный двор), Russian Federation (?-date)

Comments

© Zdjęcie dzięki uprzejmości Ступинский поисковик(http://spsearch.ru)
Oriesznikow, A. W. "Rosyjskie monety przed 1547 rokiem", Moskwa, 1896. №686 (tabela XI, fot. 533)

Te same matryce były używane do bicia polusków (półdengów) Wasilija III Iwanowicza. Można je odróżnić po kształcie monet: polusky Wasilija III były wybijane na cieńszych i dłuższych kawałkach drutu, dlatego są bardziej wydłużone, cieńsze i większe. Również ostre krawędzie, gdzie moneta
są wyraźnie widoczne. Monety Iwana IV są bardziej okrągłe, mniejsze i grubsze. Zwykle są również lekko owalne lub wydłużone, choć końce, w których monety zostały odcięte od srebrnego drutu, zwykle nie są zbyt wyraźne.
Nominalna waga półdengów z czasów panowania Wasilija III wynosiła 0,19 grama, spadając do około 0,17 grama za panowania Iwana IV. Waga prawdziwych monet może być niższa, również z powodu zużycia. Automatically translated

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© Image courtesy of Ступинский поисковик (http://spsearch.ru)
Oreshnikov, A. V. "Russian coins before 1547", Moscow, 1896. №686 (table XI, pic. 533)

The same dies were used for minting polushkas (half-dengas) of Vasiliy III Ivanovich. they can be differ by the form of the coins: polushkas of Vasiliy III were struck on thinner and longer pieces of wire, therefore they are more elongated, thinner and larger. Also the sharp edges where the coin
was cut from the silver wire are clearly visible. Coins of Ivan IV are more round, smaller and thicker. They are usually slightly oval or elongated as well, though the ends where the coins were cut from the silver wire are usually not very clear.
The nominal weight of the half-dengas from the reign of Vasily III was 0.19 grams, going down to about 0.17 grams during the reign of Ivan IV. The weight of the real coins may be lower, also because of a wear-and-tear.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (1533-1584)								$ 11	$ 28			(en) Moscow Mint

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Actual srebro weight: 0.005 oz

Current srebro price: 73.89 USD/oz (see silver price

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