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Denar pieniądz - Casimir IV Jagielloń
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1440-1492 |
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| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Columns of Gediminas (Pillars of the Jagiellonian dynasty), rendered in a stylized Gothic manner with three vertical columns surmounted by crosses. A Gothic letter 'K', initial of King Kazimierz (Casimir IV), is depicted within the columns. The design is enclosed within a partial beaded border, typical of hammered Lithuanian denars of the period. The flan is irregular and the strike is characteristic of mid-15th century workshop production. |
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| Mintage | ND (1440-1492) - Kop #3118 (R4) ? |
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Casimir IV ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1440 before simultaneously assuming the Polish crown in 1447, governing both states in personal union for nearly half a century. These small Lithuanian denars — among the lightest silver issues of the Jagiellonian period — circulated alongside Polish and Ruthenian coinages in an economy where regional monetary systems remained stubbornly parallel rather than unified. Kop#3118 places this type within a sequence that saw repeated debasement pressures as Casimir financed prolonged conflict with the Teutonic Order, culminating in the Thirteen Years' War concluded by the Second Peace of Toruń in 1466.