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Trzydukat gdański - Władysław IV Waza Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1634 |
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| Currency | First Zloty (1573-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of King Władysław IV Vasa facing right, wearing a flat lace collar and the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended at the neck. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the baroque style typical of the Gdańsk mint. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse lettering | EX. AVRO. SOLIDO. CIVITAS. GEDANENSIS. F: F: 16 34 S B (Translation: From solid gold the City of Gdańsk made this.) |
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The three-ducat denomination was not a routine product of the Gdańsk mint — it was struck on specific occasions, typically as a presentation piece or diplomatic gift, which explains both its rarity and the near-total absence of this date from the major reference catalogs. Kopicki assigns no standard number to this issue, a silence that speaks louder than any rarity rating.
Władysław IV had only just secured his throne in 1632 following the long reign of his father Zygmunt III, and his early years involved delicate negotiations with Gdańsk over the city's considerable autonomous privileges. Presentation strikings from this period were instruments of political relationship management as much as coinage.