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Dwudukat koronny - Sigismund III Vasa Kraków mint
| Issuer | Royal Polish Mint (Kraków Mint) |
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| Year | 1609-1610 |
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| Currency | First Zloty (1573-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate quartered royal arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth occupy the central field, featuring the Polish eagle, the Lithuanian Pursuer (Pahonia), the Vasa dynastic shield, and additional heraldic quarterings, all within an ornate cartouche surmounted by a royal crown. The date appears within the legend. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the entire composition within a beaded border, citing the king's full royal titulature. |
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The dwudukat — a double-ducat struck at twice the weight of the standard ducat — was produced at Kraków during a period when Sigismund III was simultaneously prosecuting the Polish intervention in Muscovite Russia and managing the fallout from the 1606–1609 Zebrzydowski Rokosz, a szlachta rebellion against his attempts to centralize royal power. Treasury demands were acute. Larger gold denominations served diplomacy and military finance more readily than fractional silver.
Kop. 1406 and 1408 represent distinct die pairings within this two-year window — a narrow production span that keeps surviving examples genuinely scarce.