Jefimok
Jefimok ( Russian Ефимок ) is the Russian name for the taler coins that were in circulation in Russia , especially in the 17th century .
The term was transferred from the Polish name Joachimik ( Joachimsthaler ) to Russian. The taler coins, which were introduced to Russia from the 16th century, were very popular there, as only the small coins kopeke and denga were minted there at that time . The ruble existed at that time only as a calculating coin. In the years 1655–1659 under Tsar Alexei Michailowitsch , approx. 800,000 of these taler coins, mainly from Germany and the Netherlands, were counterstamped and thus became official Russian coins with the designation Jefimki s prisnakom ( Jefimki with mark ). Several thousand thalers were pounded smooth and overminted, their designation was Rubel-Jefimki . The coins were valued at 64 kopecks (the arithmetic ruble at 100 kopecks). In 1659, however, the Jefimki coins were suspended again, but remained in circulation for a long time.
See also : Schmalkaldischer Bundestaler # End of coinage of the Schmalkaldischer Bund and Dreibrüdertaler (Electoral Saxony) # Dreibrüdertaler with counterstamp - examples with Russian counterstamp