2 Ducats - Charles Ferdinand Vasa

Charles Ferdinand Vasa, Bishop of Breslau from 1625 until his death in 1655, was also a serious candidate for the Polish throne following the abdication of his brother John II Casimir in the 1650s negotiations — a political ambition that never materialized. He held the bishopric simultaneously with Płock, accumulating ecclesiastical wealth and authority unusual even by the standards of Polish royal younger sons placed in Church office.

Breslau's episcopal mint struck ducat multiples in very limited quantities, primarily as presentation pieces rather than circulation currency. Fr#511a distinguishes this from the more common single-ducat issues of the same bishop.