Vasa, Karel Ferdinand
Karel Ferdinand Vasa (1613–1655), Prince of Poland princ and Bishop of Wroclaw (1625–1655)
Three-ducat - klippe coin, 1653
gold; 10.45 g, 23× 23 mm (hexagonal klippe coin), Nysa mint, acquired before 1904, Olomouc Archbishopric – Archdiocesan Museum in Kroměříž, KE 11529
A ducat of an interesting shape, containing the left profile of the issuer, the Bishop of Wroclaw, Duke of Opole-Racibórz and member of the Polish-Swedish royal house of Vasa. On the reverse is the coat of arms of the Bishop with the emblems of the Polish-Lithuanian Union and the Kingdom of Sweden on the main shield. In the heart of the shield is the family crest of the House of Vasa.
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Three-ducat of Karl Ferdinand, Bishop of Wroclaw and Prince of Poland, 1653, avers
Three-ducat of Karl Ferdinand, Bishop of Wroclaw and Prince of Poland, 1653, revers
