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Denier Bracteate elbląski - Casimir IV Jagiellon Elbląg mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1446-1492 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse type, characteristic of bracteate single-sided coinage: the municipal arms of Elbląg — a cross patté above a smaller shield — appear in negative relief as a natural consequence of the single-die hammering technique. The concave surface and irregular flan edge are clearly visible. |
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| Mintage | ND (1446-1492) |
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Casimir IV's reign saw the prolonged struggle of the Thirteen Years' War against the Teutonic Knights, and Elbląg — captured by the Prussian Confederation and handed to the Polish crown in 1454 — became one of the key mints operating under the new political arrangement. These bracteates served the low-denomination needs of a region transitioning from Teutonic to Polish monetary administration, struck on wafer-thin flans from a single die, a technique by then considered archaic in most of western Europe but maintained in the region for small-change production well into the late fifteenth century.