Ort - Gustaw II Adolf Swedish Occupation

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.