Talar - Karol X Gustaw Swedish Occupation

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.