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Ośmiodukat gdański - Jan II Kazimierz Waza Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | City of Gdańsk (Danzig) |
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| Year | 1660 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 102, Kop. 1775 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1660 |
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The 1660 eight-ducat piece from Gdańsk arrives at a precise historical hinge: the city struck it the same year the Treaty of Oliva was signed just outside its walls, ending the decade-long Second Northern War and confirming Polish sovereignty over the region — at least for the time being. Gdańsk retained the unusual privilege of minting its own gold in large denominations, a right fiercely defended by the city council against repeated royal encroachments throughout the seventeenth century.
Kopicki 1775 is among the rarer citations in the Gdańsk gold series. These multiple-ducat presentation pieces were struck in very limited numbers, intended for diplomatic gifts and patrician ceremony rather than trade.