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Dwudukat gdański - Władysław IV Waza Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Gdańsk Mint |
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| Year | 1641 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The civic arms of Gdańsk displayed on a crowned oval shield at centre, bearing two crosses — one above the other — on a divided field, supported by two rampant lions facing inward. Above the shield, a royal crown is flanked by laurel and palm branches. The mint-master's initials G·R appear in the lower field to either side of the shield, with the date 1641 inscribed below in a cartouche. The entire central device is enclosed within a rope border, with the Latin legend of the city's monetary authority running around the full circumference. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA NOVA CIVITATIS GEDANENSIS |
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Władysław IV struck these Gdańsk ducats under persistent financial pressure from the ongoing wars with Muscovy and the Ottoman frontier, but the Gdańsk double ducat served a more specific function: settling the city's considerable trade obligations with Dutch and Flemish merchants who demanded gold coin by weight. Gdańsk retained the royal minting privilege while operating with substantial municipal autonomy, which is why the city's coinage of this period carries a character distinct from Crown mints at Bydgoszcz or Kraków.
The 1641 issue falls between the Smolensk campaign and Władysław's increasingly unrealistic plans for a Baltic crusade against the Ottomans — schemes that were quietly suffocated by the Sejm.