Sigismund III moved the Polish royal mint from Poznań to Bydgoszcz in 1594, but Rewal — the German name for Tallinn, then a city within Swedish-controlled Estonia — operated as a separate mint under complex jurisdictional arrangements reflecting Sigismund's dual role as King of Poland and claimant to the Swedish throne. His Swedish candidacy, inherited from his father John III, made the late 1590s politically volatile: Swedish estates deposed him in 1599, just a year after this piece was struck.
Kop. 10543 places this among the documented Rewal talar issues, a series produced in relatively limited volume compared to the major Crown mints.
Sigismund III moved the Polish royal mint from Poznań to Bydgoszcz in 1594, but Rewal — the German name for Tallinn, then a city within Swedish-controlled Estonia — operated as a separate mint under complex jurisdictional arrangements reflecting Sigismund's dual role as King of Poland and claimant to the Swedish throne. His Swedish candidacy, inherited from his father John III, made the late 1590s politically volatile: Swedish estates deposed him in 1599, just a year after this piece was struck.
Kop. 10543 places this among the documented Rewal talar issues, a series produced in relatively limited volume compared to the major Crown mints.