Two lead-phosphate glass systems doped with both copper and vanadium ions in different ratios were studied by EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) method. EPR spectra and parameters (g = 2.44, gl = 2.08 and A 11 = 117.6. 10 4 cm') obtained for x(CuO • V 2 05)(1-x)[2P2O5 • PbO] glasses with x <-10 mol% suggest a tetrahedral (Td) coordination of Cu e+ ions and not a tetragonally elongated octahedron as has been assumed in previous works. The ground state of the paramagnetic electron is the dzy. copper orbital with a 4p, contribution of 6%. For 20 <-x <-40 mol% a broad line (AB = 307 G) characteristic for clustered ions appears at g = 2.18. The V°+ ions are evidenced only in the spectra of x(Cu0. 2V205)(1-x)[2P205 • PbO] glasses and the resonance parameters suggest a pentacoordinated C 4v local symmetry for these ions. The hyperfine structures characteristic for Cu e+ and V4 ions disappear for 10 -< x <_ 40 mol% due to the mixed exchange Cue'-V4 pair formation in these glasses.