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Denier - Władysław Opolczyk Wieluń mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1370-1395 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized Gothic tower or castle emblem, representing the heraldic symbol associated with the Wieluń mint, struck in low relief with characteristic medieval crudeness. A six-pointed star or rosette appears to the left of the central device, serving as a decorative or divisional mark. The surrounding border carries a beaded or dotted inner circle, partially visible around the periphery. The circumferential Latin legend MONETA WELVNEN encircles the central device, identifying the coin as the money of Wieluń. The overall strike is typical of provincial hammered coinage of the period, with weak areas and an irregular flan edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA WELVNEN |
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Władysław Opolczyk governed Wieluń as a vassal duke under Louis I of Hungary, who held the Polish crown from 1370 following the death of Casimir the Great. The Wieluń mint operated under this arrangement — a Hungarian-aligned magnate striking local silver in a region that changed administrative hands repeatedly across these decades. Opolczyk was eventually stripped of his Polish territories by Władysław II Jagiełło in 1396, making the mint's operational window tight and its output correspondingly limited.