TYPE Early Russia, Czar Mihail Feodorovich (1613-1645), silver kopek of Moscow, minted 1616, 0.46g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Crowned Czar with spear on horseback to right, Russian mintmark MOS-KVA below Rev: 5-line Russian legend: CR I VELIKI KNZ MIHAIL FEODOROVICH VSEYA RUSI ("Czar and Grand Prince Mihail Feodorovich of all Russia") REFERENCE: S 78-1, M 8.3-7 GRADING: VF, toned, some design typically off flan, mintmark clear ORDER INFO: M1021, $30 Czar Mihail Feodorovich Romanov emerged at the helm of Russia after the "troubled times" of the early 17th century, and his long reign inaugurated the dynasty that ruled the country right until the October Revolution of 1917-8, when the last czar, Nicholas II, was executed. Even though centuries of inflation reduced the denomination to a minor fraction (not unlike the European grosch), Russian kopeeks were once premier silver money, and their name comes from the spear that the rider - once St. George, and later the czar - characteristically holds. Early specimen, featuring the full name of Moscow as obverse mintmark.