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Denier krzyżowy - Bolesław II the Generous Kraków mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1058-1080 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Kraków Mint |
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The so-called "cross denier" type was among the earliest Polish coins to draw directly from Western European minting conventions, reflecting Bolesław II's deliberate program of dynastic legitimation — a ruler who would eventually receive a royal crown from Pope Gregory VII in 1076, only to be exiled three years later after the murder of Bishop Stanisław of Kraków. Whether that political catastrophe disrupted coin production at Kraków remains debated, but the type's chronological bracket almost certainly spans both sides of that rupture.