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| Issuer | City of Elbing Mint |
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| Year | 1656 |
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| Value | Ort = 18 Groszy |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Elbing — modern Elbląg in Poland — was occupied by Swedish forces under Karl X Gustav during the First Northern War, and the city mint was pressed into operation to fund the campaign. This ort was struck under Swedish authority but issued in the city's name, a pragmatic arrangement that kept local commerce functional while the Swedish crown extracted economic utility from the occupation. The Kopicki reference 9667 places it within a narrow window of wartime production that ended when Swedish fortunes in the region reversed sharply after 1657.