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Examples
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A kopec is worth a tenth of a cent and there are a hundred of them in a rouble.
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead
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I suppose you'd like her to wait till he'd spent every kopec they had, and smile sweetly when be brought his gypsy mistresses home with him.
Redemption and two other plays Leo Tolstoy 1869
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Finally, a half kopec (half kreutzer), must be paid per werst for each horse.
A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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Silnice jsou tu opravdu strme a nekdy to byla docela sranda vysplhat se na kopec nebo ubrzdit to smerem dolu.
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"We also read in The Stars and Stripes that the boys in Italy had some tongue twisters and brain worriers, but listen to this: Centimes and sous and francs may be hard to count, but did you ever hear of a rouble or a kopec?
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead
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"It is not everyone," he said, "who possesses my advantages, or who can travel five or six thousand miles by rail, steamer, and carriage, without ever having to put his hand in his pocket for a single kopec.
Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Walter Paget 1867
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