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Dukat gdański - Sigismund II Augustus Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Gdańsk |
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| Year | 1549-1565 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (45) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gdańsk held an unusual privilege among Polish cities: the right to strike its own gold coinage under royal license, a concession extracted through decades of commercial leverage the city wielded over the Crown. The Sigismund II Augustus ducats produced here between 1549 and 1565 span nearly the entire reign of the last Jagiellonian king, issued continuously through a period when Gdańsk controlled the majority of Poland's Baltic grain export trade and had the wealth to back its mint activity without royal subsidy.
The Kop#7372–7376 sequence reflects distinct annual die variants catalogued by Kopicki, several of which show meaningful differences in the mintmaster's mark — a point of authentication significance given the volume of later imitations these types attracted.