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1 Groat - Sigismund I the Old Wilno mint
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1535-1536 |
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| Currency | Lithuanian Groat (1495-1580) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Polish eagle displayed, wings spread, facing forward with beak open and talons visible, rendered in the late Gothic hammered style characteristic of the Wilno mint. The eagle bears a crown above its head and is depicted with detailed feather engraving on the wings. A circular beaded inner border frames the central device. The surrounding Latin legend reads SIGIS MVNDI PRI REX POLO D LITVA, abbreviating the royal titles of Sigismund I as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Sigismund I consolidated Lithuanian coinage at Wilno — the only mint operating in the Grand Duchy during his reign — as part of a broader currency reform that sought to align Polish-Lithuanian monetary standards following the Union. The groat issues of 1535–1536 fall within the final decade of his reign, when Sigismund was increasingly ceding administrative authority to his son, the future Sigismund II Augustus, who had been installed as Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1529 at age nine. The Kopicki reference range spanning eleven catalog numbers reflects genuine die variation across the two-year emission rather than condition grades.