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Półtorak / 3 Polker - Sigismund III Vasa Bydgoszcz mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1623 |
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| Reference(s) | Górecki#B.23, KM#41 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a papal cross (cross with two transverse bars) rising from a crescent, all set within an ornamental cartouche encircled by a laurel or palm wreath; within the lower portion of the cartouche appears the date '24' (last two digits of the regnal year, here referring to the minting period). The encircling Latin legend reads MONE NO REG POLO (Moneta Nova Regni Poloniae — New Coin of the Kingdom of Poland), punctuated by small rosette or star stops. The field is plain, and the overall design is characteristic of the Bydgoszcz mint's production of półtorak coinage under Sigismund III Vasa. |
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The półtorak — worth one and a half groszy — was introduced under Sigismund III Vasa as a response to the chronic small-change shortage plaguing Commonwealth markets in the early seventeenth century. Bydgoszcz became one of the principal mints for this denomination, operating under lease arrangements that gave private mint entrepreneurs considerable latitude, and considerable incentive to shave fineness. By the 1620s, debasement complaints from Gdańsk merchants and Sejm deputies were routine.
The 1623 Bydgoszcz issues are catalogued across multiple die marriages in Górecki's typology, and condition survivors tend to show weak peripheral detail — a known consequence of the high-volume, low-margin production methods typical of this mint's półtorak runs.