Definizione

• Also called Tenga and Denuschka. A Russian word meaning money in general. The term was first applied to silver coins struck by the Dukes of Moskow and Kiev, as early as the second half of the fourteenth century, and subsequently by the free cities of Novgorod and Pskof. The Dengi were intended for circulation among the Tartars, and the style and denomination of the Tartar money was naturally adopted. Their form is generally oblong and irregular, but nearly circular specimens have been found. In numerous instances they bear a portrait of the ruler or the same personage on horseback. They were divided into half Denga pieces and Poluschkas (q.v.).

  The later issues are of billon and copper and the value of the Denga degenerated to that of half a Kopeck. These were issued as late as the first half of the eighteenth century. A Copper Para or three Dengi piece was struck by Catherine II of Russia in 1771 and 1772 for circulation in Moldavia and Wallachia.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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