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Portugał koronny - Sigismund III Vasa Wilno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1618 |
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| Currency | First Zloty (1573-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Large ornate crowned coat of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth displayed at center, comprising a quartered shield bearing the Polish White Eagle, the Lithuanian Pursuit (Pogon), and the dynastic Vasa sheaf, with an inescutcheon at center. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by elaborate scrollwork and decorative mantling. The date 1618 appears divided within the legend field, and the denomination numeral X is incorporated into the reverse inscription. A beaded border encircles the entire composition. |
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The portugał — named after the Portuguese gold cruzado trade coins that inspired its weight standard — was never a commercial denomination in any practical sense. Sigismund III issued these almost exclusively as presentation pieces, distributed as diplomatic gifts and royal largesse rather than circulated currency. The Vilnius mint produced them in extremely limited numbers, and examples from that workshop are substantially rarer than their Warsaw or Kraków counterparts.
Kopicki 3570 is among the more elusive references in the Commonwealth gold series. The 1618 date places this piece squarely in the period of Sigismund's aggressive interventionism in Muscovite affairs following the Time of Troubles.