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Ort koronny - Sigismund III Vasa Bydgoszcz mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1618-1625 |
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| Value | 1/4 Thaler (1/4 Talara) (2⁄1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned, quartered shield bearing the arms of Poland (eagle) and Lithuania (mounted knight, Pogon), with the Vasa dynastic arms (sheaf) on an inescutcheon at center. The date is divided by the shield, appearing in the left and right fields, while the denomination mark appears below. The mintmaster's mark is placed beneath the shield and interrupts the surrounding Latin legend. The composition reflects the standard heraldic style of Sigismund III's ort coinage. |
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The ort — worth a quarter taler — was introduced to Polish coinage in the early seventeenth century largely to address a chronic shortage of mid-denomination silver. Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) was one of the primary mints producing the type during Sigismund III's reign, a period when royal mint operations were frequently leased to private contractors whose quality controls varied considerably. That arrangement produced a wide spread of die work across the Kop#1267–1271 sequence, and attribution often hinges on subtle differences in the crown form and the arrangement of the king's titles in the legend.
Sigismund III's persistent wars — against Sweden, Muscovy, and the Ottoman frontier simultaneously at various points — kept demand for struck silver relentlessly high throughout this run.