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Trojak / 3 Grosze - Sigismund III Vasa Olkusz
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1591-1600 |
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| Value | 3 Groschens (Trojak) (0.1) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Olkusz, Poland (1578-1601) |
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The Olkusz mint had a troubled run under Sigismund III. Chronic underfunding, disputes with mint lessees, and inconsistent silver supplies from the nearby Olkusz mines — which were themselves in prolonged decline through the 1590s — produced some of the least consistent trojak coinage of the period. Dies were reused aggressively, and off-metal or underweight pieces from this facility drew repeated complaints to the Sejm.
The mint closed definitively in 1601, making this decade its final chapter.