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Trojak / 3 Grosze - Sigismund III Vasa Wilno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1589-1590 |
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| Value | 3 Groschens (Trojak) (0.1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1589 - Iger V.89.2a - 1589 - Iger V.89.2b - 1589 - Iger V.89.2c - 1590 - Iger V.90.1a - 1590 - Iger V.90.1b - |
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Sigismund III Vasa came to the Polish-Lithuanian throne in 1587 under disputed circumstances — his election was contested by Maximilian III of Habsburg, who actually invaded Poland before being captured at the Battle of Byczyna in 1588. These Wilno-struck trojaki from 1589–1590 belong to the earliest years of his reign, produced as the Commonwealth was simultaneously absorbing the aftermath of that succession crisis and managing a mint network stretched across two vast constituent states.
The Wilno mint operated under distinct administrative arrangements from its Kraków and Poznań counterparts, which accounts for subtle die-cutting differences collectors use to attribute these pieces to Lithuania specifically.