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Półtorak / 3 Polker - Sigismund III Vasa Kraków mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1615 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of an orb surmounted by a cross pattée, the orb encircled by a crescent, with the numeral '24' within the orb indicating the exchange rate in denarii. At the base, a small escutcheon bearing the Awdaniec coat of arms of the mint master is positioned below the orb. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads MONE NO REG POL, separated by decorative hook-shaped or pellet stops. The overall design is characteristic of early seventeenth-century hammered coinage of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
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| Mint | Kraków Mint |
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The półtorak — literally "one-and-a-half" groszy — was introduced under Sigismund III as a direct response to the flood of debased foreign small silver overwhelming Polish markets in the early seventeenth century. The Kraków mint's 1615 output sits in the middle of a contentious decade for this denomination, during which die-cutter quality and silver fineness both varied considerably between minting sessions. Górecki's cataloguing of Kraków issues from this period distinguishes numerous obverse and reverse die pairings, making attribution an exercise in patience.