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Trojak koronny - Stefan Batory Olkusz mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1580 |
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| Value | 3 Groschens (Trojak) (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned bust of King Stefan Batory facing right, depicted in profile with a short beard and draped in armor with a visible collar. The effigy is rendered in a bold, somewhat stylized hammered relief characteristic of late 16th-century Polish coinage. Surrounding the portrait, a circular Latin legend reads STEPHANVS D:G REX POLO:S, identifying the ruler as Stephen, by the Grace of God King of Poland. Dot stops separate the abbreviated words within the legend. The overall design occupies the full field with minimal border ornamentation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Batory's trojak program was among the most ambitious rationalizations of Polish coinage in the sixteenth century, driven by the chronic shortage of small silver that had plagued the Commonwealth's internal trade for decades. The Olkusz mint was the natural engine for this output — it sat directly above the richest silver-lead deposits in the Polish Crown, and by the 1580s it was operating at a scale that dwarfed most other royal mints in the region.
The 1580 Olkusz issues are documented across several die marriages under the Iger reference, with O.80 representing one of the more precisely attributable varieties in a series where die combinations multiply quickly.