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500 Zlotys Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
| Issuer | Mennica Polska (Mint of Poland) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#1125 |
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| Obverse lettering | RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA • 500 ZŁ 20 21 mw EX STIRPE VISNIOVIECIA, JAGELLONIBUS AGNATA HIEREMIAE HEROIS, ET GRISELIDIS ZAMOYSCIAE FILIUS, PRAETER SPEM, ET VOTA PROPRIA, ELECTUS IN REGEM A.D.1669.D.19.JUN: BREVIBUS REGNI CURIS, AC INVIDORUM ODIIS SUB- TRACTUS, OB: LEOPOLI A.D.1673.AET:34.REG: |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki's election as King of Poland in 1669 was less a triumph than a compromise — the szlachta, deadlocked between powerful magnate factions backing more credible candidates, settled on him precisely because he lacked a political base strong enough to threaten anyone. His four-year reign was defined almost entirely by the humiliating Treaty of Buczacz in 1672, under which Poland ceded Podolia and right-bank Ukraine to the Ottoman Empire — the only peace treaty in Polish history that required tribute payments to a foreign power.