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Grosz gdański - Sigismund II Augustus Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1556-1559 |
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| Currency | First Złoty (1526-1572) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped and crowned bust of King Sigismund II Augustus within a beaded or linear border, rendered in the Renaissance hammered style typical of the Gdańsk mint. The effigy is portrayed with fine facial detail and regal attire befitting a Polish monarch of the period. A circumscribed Latin legend encircles the bust in the field, identifying the king by name and title. |
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| Reverse description | Central heraldic device depicting the arms of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk): two silver crosses surmounted by a royal crown, all set within the field of the coin. The civic emblem is characteristic of the Gdańsk municipal coinage of the sixteenth century. A circumscribed Latin legend encircles the central device, identifying the denomination, the issuing city, and the year of striking. |
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Gdańsk held a uniquely privileged position in the Polish monetary system — the city operated its own mint under royal license and negotiated minting rights directly with the crown, a leverage it wielded aggressively during Sigismund II Augustus's reign. The grosze struck here in the late 1550s were produced against a backdrop of ongoing tension between the king and the city's patrician council over tariffs, grain staple rights, and the terms of the 1557 renewal of Gdańsk's minting privilege.
The Kop. 7360–7364 sequence documents distinct die variants across the four-year span, reflecting what were likely separate annual minting contracts rather than continuous production.