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Ort gdański / 18 Groszy - Jan II Kazimierz Waza Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Mint of Gdańsk (Danzig) |
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| Year | 1650-1667 |
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| Weight | 6.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Gdańsk at center, depicting a crowned shield divided by two crosses of Danzig (one above and one below), supported on either side by two rampant lions facing inward. Above the shield, a large crown surmounts the composition, and the denomination numeral 18 appears in the upper field flanking the crown. The mintmaster's initials G·R appear at the base of the shield. The date is displayed in a cartouche at the bottom of the inner field. The circumferential Latin legend MON ARGENT CIVITAT GEDANEN encircles the design within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The ort (18 groszy) was a denomination deeply entangled in the monetary politics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where chronic shortages of quality silver coinage created persistent tension between the Crown and the cities licensed to mint. Gdańsk held a jealously guarded minting privilege and exercised it aggressively throughout Jan II Kazimierz's reign — producing orts across nearly two decades while royal mints struggled for consistent output.
The years bracketed by these Kop references coincide almost exactly with the Deluge: the Swedish invasion of 1655–60 that devastated much of the Commonwealth while Gdańsk, never taken, kept minting. Coins struck in 1655–1656 circulated into a country simultaneously occupied and economically convulsed.