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3 Krucierze - Sigismund III Vasa Kraków mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1615-1618 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Crowned quartered royal arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at centre, displaying the Polish Eagle in the first and fourth quarters and the Lithuanian Pursuer (Pahonia) in the second and third quarters, with the Vasa dynastic escutcheon (Snopek/sheaf) on an inescutcheon at fess point. The Awdaniec coat of arms of the mint master appears below the shield. The circumferential Latin legend reads III CRV REG POL with the mint date, abbreviating Trium Crucerorum Regni Poloniae. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 3 krucierze — a denomination derived from the German Kreuzer — entered Polish coinage as a direct response to the flood of low-value foreign silver circulating in Commonwealth markets, particularly from Silesia and the Habsburg mints. Sigismund III's monetary reforms of the early seventeenth century attempted to reassert royal control over small change, though the Kraków mint's output was chronically plagued by inconsistent alloy and short-weight planchets that drew immediate complaints from municipal authorities.
The Kop#887–891 span indicates multiple die varieties across the four-year run, typical of Kraków's production habits under mintmaster Kasper Rymer.