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Denier kaliski - Casimir III the Great Kalisz mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1333-1370 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a crowned standing royal figure, likely representing King Casimir III the Great, rendered in low relief in the characteristic crude Gothic style of medieval Polish hammered coinage. The king is shown facing forward in frontal pose, wearing a crown and royal garments, flanked by stylized architectural or heraldic elements. The design is contained within a plain inner circle, with a surrounding Latin legend in uncial characters reading + KREGIS POLONIE, referencing the King of Poland. The strike is typical of 14th-century Kalisz mint production, with irregular flan and uneven relief throughout the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Casimir III inherited a fragmented, exhausted kingdom and spent much of his reign consolidating royal authority over regional mints that had operated with considerable independence under his predecessors. The Kalisz mint was one of the oldest in Piast Poland, and Casimir's decision to continue striking there — rather than centralizing production at Kraków — reflected a deliberate political accommodation of Greater Poland's merchant class, who distrusted the southern capital's commercial dominance.
At 0.33g, these deniers circulated as the workhorse of small retail exchange in a reign defined by Casimir's systematic overhaul of Polish commercial law, including the codified Statutes of Wiślica and Piotrków issued around 1347.