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Trojak / 3 Grosze - Sigismund III Vasa Wilno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1598 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Vilnius (a crowned fleur-de-lis on a basket), surmounted by a royal crown and flanked to the left by the Polish eagle and to the right by the Lithuanian Pahonia (armoured knight on horseback). The Roman numeral III appears at the top of the field above the shield, flanked by two pellets. The divided date 15-98 appears in the lower field, separated by a decorative foliate ornament. A two-line Latin legend reading GROS ARG TRIP MDL encircles the central devices, denoting the denomination and issuing authority of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |
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| Mintage | 1598 - Iger V.98.3 - 1598 - Iger V.98.4 - |
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Sigismund III's trojaki from the Wilno mint occupy an awkward place in Commonwealth monetary history. The king's relentless wars — against Sweden for the throne he believed rightfully his, against Russia during the Time of Troubles, against the Ottomans — demanded constant liquidity, and the Wilno mint was pushed hard throughout the 1590s to meet it. The result was an enormous variety of die combinations from this period, and the 1598 Wilno trojak is no exception; collectors working the Iger reference will find multiple obverse and reverse pairings documented for this single year.
Wilno's output was consistently less refined than Poznań or Kraków in this decade, and shallow, uneven striking on the peripheral legends is the norm rather than a flaw.