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1 Thaler Toruń under siege
| Issuer | City of Toruń (Thorn) |
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| Year | 1629 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | THORVNIA HOSTILITER OPPVGNATA ET DEI AVXILIO FORTITER CIVIBVS DEFENSA DIE XVI FEBR ANNO MDCXXIX H·L |
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| Mint | Toruń (Thorn) mint |
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Toruń struck siege coinage in 1629 during the Polish-Swedish War, when Swedish forces under Gustav II Adolf occupied much of Royal Prussia and threatened the city's trade lifelines along the Vistula. The piece belongs to a small emergency issue authorized by the city council to maintain commercial function under blockade conditions — gold at thaler weight being a practical hedge when silver supply chains were severed.
Kop. 8248 is among the rarer documented siege issues from this conflict. Few examples survive outside major Polish institutional collections.