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Talar elbląski - Władysław IV Waza Elbląg mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1636 |
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| Currency | First Zloty (1573-1795) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1636 - Kopicki 7103 Punch 1 - 1636 - Kopicki 7103 Punch 2 - 1636 - Kopicki 7103 Punch 3 - |
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Elbląg was a Prussian city under Polish suzerainty, and its mint operated under a complex arrangement that granted the town considerable autonomy in coinage — a concession wrested through decades of commercial negotiation with the Crown. Władysław IV, perpetually short of war funds and eyeing both Muscovy and the Ottomans, had strong incentive to keep Prussian merchant cities cooperative. The talar format here was driven by Baltic trade demands: Hanseatic partners expected coins that matched the weight standards of the Reichstaler.
Davenport's EC II classification places this alongside a distinct sequence of Polish-Prussian issues rather than the main Commonwealth talar series — a taxonomic distinction that still generates debate among specialists working the Kopicki references.