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Talar - Karol X Gustaw Swedish Occupation
| Issuer | City of Elbing (Elbląg) |
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| Year | 1658 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The elaborate arms of the City of Elbing at center: a shield bearing a Teutonic cross above a chequered lower field, supported by two rampant lions, surmounted by a winged angel head as crest. The mintmaster's initials appear below the shield. The date 1658 is divided across the upper field. A Latin circumscription in two parts runs along the outer rim, separated by ornamental stops. |
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Elbing — the Hanseatic port city on the Vistula delta — passed between Polish and Swedish control repeatedly across the seventeenth century. Charles X Gustav occupied it during the First Northern War, and the city was granted limited minting rights as a practical measure: Swedish military administration required spendable coin, and local production was faster than importing it. The 1658 talar was struck under those occupied conditions, making the issuing authority technically the city while the political reality was Swedish garrison rule.
Kopicki 9677 is among the scarcer Swedish occupation issues from Elbing, with surviving examples frequently showing adjustment marks from the weighing process — the 28g talar standard demanded close attention at the dies.