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4 Ducats - Gustaw II Adolf Swedish Occupation
| Issuer | City of Elbing |
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| Year | 1628 |
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| Weight | 13.96 g |
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| Reverse description | The arms of the city of Elbing displayed centrally within an oval cartouche adorned with elaborate foliate and strapwork mantling filling the field. The shield bears the characteristic Elbing emblem of two crosses. The circumferential Latin legend MONETA NOVA CIVITAT ELBING encircles the design, identifying this as a new coin of the City of Elbing. The overall composition reflects the civic pride and mercantile tradition of this important Baltic trading city during the Swedish occupation period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Elbing — today Elbląg in northern Poland — was a prosperous Hanseatic trading city that came under Swedish military occupation in 1626 when Gustav II Adolf seized it as a customs revenue base to fund his Baltic campaigns. The city retained limited minting privileges under Swedish authority, and this 1628 four-ducat piece belongs to that brief, administratively peculiar moment when a nominally Polish-royal city was striking gold under Swedish aegis. The occupation lasted until 1635, when Elbing was returned to Poland-Lithuania under the Truce of Stuhmsdorf.