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Dukat koronny - Jan II Kazimierz Waza Bydgoszcz mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1651 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of King John II Casimir Vasa facing right, wearing an elaborately decorated cuirass with ornamental gorget and lace collar. The hair is rendered in fine relief with flowing locks. A Latin legend surrounds the effigy, divided at the base of the bust, reading IOAN CAS D G PO / L SVEC REX, abbreviating the king's full royal titles. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Jan II Kazimierz abdicated in 1668 after a reign defined by catastrophe — the Swedish Deluge, Cossack uprisings, and the near-total collapse of the Commonwealth's territorial integrity. The 1651 ducats from Bydgoszcz were struck just as the Battle of Berestechko temporarily reversed Khmelnytsky's advances, one of the largest land battles of the seventeenth century. Three Koppicki reference numbers for a single year-and-mint combination suggest meaningful die variation across the emission, not a unified production run.