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Dwugrosz elbląski - Jan II Kazimierz Waza Elbląg mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1651 |
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| Value | 2 Groschens (Dwugrosz) (1⁄15) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of the city of Elbing (Elbląg), depicting a crowned eagle displayed, surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is set within a circular Latin legend referencing the denomination and date, reading 1651·II·GROSS·EC (Duo Grossi Elbingenses), arranged around the central device. The die work is characteristic of mid-17th-century hammered Polish municipal coinage. |
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The 1651 elbląg two-groschen was struck while the city operated under Swedish protection — Elbląg had been a Swedish-controlled enclave within the Commonwealth since 1626, ceded as a pledge against unpaid Prussian subsidies owed to Gustav II Adolf. Jan II Kazimierz issuing coinage from this mint was therefore a careful political assertion: the city was legally Polish, whatever its garrison said.
Swedish forces would occupy it outright just four years later during the Deluge.