Talar koronny - Stefan Batory Olkusz mint

Stefan Batory reopened the Olkusz mint in 1579 specifically to process silver from the nearby Olkusz mines, which had been producing since the medieval period but were then yielding substantial output under renewed royal administration. The facility operated for only a few years before economic and logistical pressures caused production to shift back to more established mints, making the Olkusz talar series short-lived by design rather than accident.

Kop#548 is among the better-documented varieties in Kopicki's classification of Batory coinage, though the Olkusz talars as a group show considerable die variation — a predictable consequence of a newly re-established workshop staffing up quickly under royal pressure to monetize regional silver output.