Catalog
Denier litewski - Sigismund II Augustus Wilno mint
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1546-1599 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1546 - Kopicki 3203 - 1546 - Kopicki 3204 - ND (1546-1563) - Kopicki 3202 - 1547 - Kopicki 3205 - 1548 - Kopicki 3206 - 1549 - Kopicki 3207 - 1550 - Kopicki 3208 - 1551 - Kopicki 3209 - 1552 - Kopicki 3210 - 1553 - Kopicki 3211 - 1554 - Kopicki 3212 - 1555 - Kopicki 3213 - 1556 - Kopicki 3214 - 1557 - Kopicki 3215 - 1558 - Kopicki 3216 - 1559 - Kopicki 3217 - 1559 - Kopicki 3218 - 1560 - Kopicki 3219 - 1563 - Kopicki 3220 - 1563 - Kopicki 3221 - 1599 - Kopicki 3222 - |
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The Lithuanian denier occupies an awkward place in the monetary union that followed the Union of Lublin in 1569 — nominally integrated into a shared Polish-Lithuanian currency system, yet struck at Wilno with distinct Lithuanian heraldry and continuing on its own accounting track. Sigismund Augustus was the last Jagiellon, and the prolonged date range on these pieces reflects not continuous minting but the political difficulty of rationalizing two separate treasury systems under one crown.
The billon content of these small pieces declined progressively through the reign, a known degradation the Wilno mint pursued well ahead of any official authorization from the sejm.