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Ort - Gustaw II Adolf Swedish Occupation
| Issuer | City of Elbing Mint |
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| Year | 1628 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GUST ADOLPH D G REX SVEC 1628 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Elbing — modern Elbląg in northern Poland — was a prosperous Hanseatic trading city seized by Swedish forces during the Polish-Swedish War, and Gustav II Adolf granted it limited minting rights as a practical measure to pay troops and sustain commerce in occupied territory. The city struck orts under Swedish authority from 1626 through the early 1630s, a narrow window that makes the series historically pointed: these coins exist precisely because a foreign king needed local currency to hold a foreign city.
Kopicki 9624 is among the more readily attributed varieties of the Elbing ort, though die quality across the series varies considerably due to the pressures of wartime production.