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Denier - Ladislaus I the Elbow-high Kraków mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1320-1333 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | A pointed heraldic shield bearing the Polish White Eagle displayed, rendered in the primitive engraving style characteristic of hammered medieval deniers. The shield is surmounted by a crown, visible at the top of the field. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the Latin circumscription running around the outer field completing the royal titulature begun on the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | + ◦ REGIS ◦ POLONIE |
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Ladislaus I reunified a fragmented Poland after over a century of Piast dynastic subdivision, and his coronation at Kraków in 1320 — the first royal coronation held there, establishing the city's lasting ceremonial primacy — marks the starting point for this issue. The Kraków mint reactivated under his authority as a direct instrument of reasserting royal prerogative over coinage, which had been dispersed among regional dukes and bishops during the partition period.
Kop#323 is among the earliest deniers attributable to a reunified Polish royal mint, making condition a genuine concern — these circulated hard in a kingdom still consolidating its economy after decades of fragmentation.