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Szóstak / 6 Groszy - Jan II Kazimierz Waza Kraków mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1650-1668 |
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| Reference(s) | Kop#1601, Kop#1606, Kop#1611, Kop#1612, Kop#1613 |
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| Mint | Kraków Mint |
| Mintage | 1650 - Kopicki 1606 - ND (1650-1668) - Kopicki 1601 - 1656 - Kopicki 1611 - 1656 - Kopicki 1612 - 1657 - Kopicki 1613 - 1657 - Kopicki 1614 - 1658 - Kopicki 1615 - 1658 - Kopicki 1616 - 1659 - Kopicki 1617 - 1660 - Kopicki 1620 - 1660 - Kopicki 1621 - 1660 - Kopicki 1622 - 1660 - Kopicki 1623 - 1660 - Kopicki 1624 - 1661 - Kopicki 1630 - 1661 - Kopicki 1631 - 1661 - Kopicki 1632 - 1661 - Kopicki 1633 - 1661 - Kopicki 1634 - 1661 - Kopicki 1635 - 1661 - Kopicki 1636 - 1661 - Kopicki 1637 - 1661 - Kopicki 1638 - 1661 - Kopicki 1639 - 1662 - Kopicki 1654 Lwow mint - 1662 - Kopicki 1660 - 1662 - Kopicki 1661 - 1662 - Kopicki 1662 - 1662 - Kopicki 1663 - 1663 - Kopicki 1669 - 1663 - Kopicki 1670 - 1664 - Kopicki (-) - 1664 - Kopicki 1673 - 1664 - Kopicki 1674 - 1664 - Kopicki 1675 - 1665 - Kopicki 1678 - 1666 - Kopicki 1680 - 1666 - Kopicki 1682 - 1667 - Kopicki 1684 - 1667 - Kopicki 1691 - 1668 - Kopicki 1692 - 1668 - Kopicki 1694 - |
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The szóstak of Jan II Kazimierz arrived during one of the most catastrophic decades in Polish history — the Deluge, which brought simultaneous Swedish, Muscovite, Transylvanian, and Cossack invasions and left the Commonwealth's treasury in ruins. Minting at Kraków continued through much of this period precisely because the city held symbolic importance as the coronation seat, even as the court fled north. Billon coinage of this reign was systematically debased to fund military expenditure, and the Kopicki references span multiple die varieties reflecting repeated adjustments to the alloy and striking standards across the 1650s and 1660s.
Counterfeiting was so rampant that the Sejm passed legislation specifically targeting szóstak forgeries in 1659.