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Szóstak pruski / 6 Groszy - Sigismund I the Old Toruń mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1528 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered shield bearing the heraldic arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, including the Piast Eagle of Poland, the Lithuanian Pahonia, and additional dynastic quarterings, surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle and flanked by decorative elements. A Latin legend encircles the composition, referencing the denomination and the royal title of Sigismund I. The date 1528 is integrated into the field. The engraving style is consistent with Prussian coinage of the Toruń mint under Polish royal authority. |
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The Toruń mint was granted to the Crown following the Second Peace of Toruń in 1466, but its output under Sigismund I was complicated by chronic tension between royal minting authority and the city's powerful merchant class, who had their own ideas about currency quality. The 1528 pruski sixpence denomination was tied directly to the commercial needs of Royal Prussia, a region integrated into Poland but operating under distinct monetary agreements with Gdańsk, Elbląg, and Toruń itself.
Kopicki 3100 places this among the scarcer Toruń sixpence emissions of the reign.