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Półtorak / 3 Polker - Sigismund III Vasa Bydgoszcz mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Value | 11/2 Groschen (Półtorak) (1/20) |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a crowned Jagiellonian double-cross (the Cross of Lorraine) set within a decorative orb or circular cartouche, with the denomination fraction 24 (signifying 1/24 Thaler, i.e. the półtorak's relationship to the Reichsthaler system) displayed within the inner circle. A fleur-de-lis ornament appears above the cross. The surrounding Latin legend MONE NO REG POLO, meaning 'New Money of the Kingdom of Poland,' runs along the periphery, interspersed with star and pellet stops. |
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| Mintage | 1622 - Górecki B.22.1.a - 1622 - Górecki B.22.1.b - 1622 - Górecki B.22.1.c - 1622 - Górecki B.22.1.d - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.a - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.b - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.c - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.d - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.e - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.f - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.g - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.h - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.i - 1622 - Górecki B.22.2.j - 1622 - Górecki B.22.3.a - |
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The półtorak — worth one and a half groszy — was a denomination created specifically to address the chronic small-change shortage plaguing the Commonwealth's domestic economy in the early seventeenth century. Sigismund III authorized massive outputs from the Bydgoszcz mint during this period, and the resulting flood of low-fineness silver pieces became notorious: neighboring Brandenburg and Prussia flatly refused them in trade, and the Sejm debated their quality repeatedly through the 1620s.
The 1622 Bydgoszcz issues fall within the mint's most prolific and controversial run, produced under lease arrangements that gave private contractors strong incentive to push fineness toward the legal minimum.