[ 'kəʊpɛk , 'kɒpɛk ]
(also copeck or kopeck )
■ noun a monetary unit of Russia and some other countries of the former USSR, equal to one hundredth of a rouble.
Origin
from Russ. kopeĭka , dimin. of kopʻë 'lance' (from the figure on the coin (1535) of Tsar Ivan IV, bearing a lance).