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Czterodukat koronny - Sigismund III Vasa Kraków mint
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Kraków |
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| Year | 1612 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned bust of Sigismund III Vasa facing right, wearing armor with a ruffled collar visible at the neck, the king depicted with a beard and mustache. A royal crown of elaborate form surmounts the head. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy within a beaded border, identifying the ruler by name and title. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIGIS III D G REX POL MAG DVX LIT |
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The four-ducat pieces of Sigismund III Vasa were not standard circulation currency — they were prestige strikes, almost certainly produced as diplomatic gifts or court presentations rather than for commerce. By 1612, Sigismund was simultaneously King of Poland and a claimant to the Swedish throne, a dynastic entanglement that consumed enormous political energy and treasury resources. Kraków's mint was then under the administration of Jakub Zadzik's era of royal fiscal pressure, producing large-denomination gold partly to project royal authority at a moment when that authority was being contested on multiple fronts.
Kop. 1416 is among the rarer multiples in the coronation ducat series. Few survived outside treasury hoards.