A circulating piece of a very rare coin issued by Vladislav IV as Czar of Russia during his reign in the Kremlin in 1610-1612.
According to B. Yachimczyk, gold-minted kopecks fulfilled their separate role in circulation - as payment of pay for mercenary troops (BN 4/2014).
The characteristic shape of Russian kopecks minted until Peter I, resulting from minting coins from a cut bar of metal in the shape of a long wire, made them popularly called "teardrops" today. In turn, the frequent illegibility of large portions of these coins is due to the discs being too small in relation to the stamps.
Obverse: a rider on horseback (identified with the lord) riding to the right, holding a spear pointing to the ground;
Reverse: legend in Old Russian:
Gold, dimensions 9x13mm, weight 0.61g.
