a Russian silver coin of the 14th through 18th centuries. The Muscovite ruble, which consisted of 200 den’gi, was minted from one grivna of silver (48 zolotniki). At first the den’ga was minted only in Moscow, but beginning in the early 15th century almost all Russian principalities minted it. In the 17th century, and the first quarter of the 18th a copper den’ga was minted, along with the silver den’ga.