Kingdom Of Poland Coins By Century (963 - 1586)

Absolutely!

Boleslaw IV was the last ruler to preside over something resembling a Polish state. At the end of the 12th century, and through most of the 13th, Poland was fragmented, and coinage was issued separately by the princes of Krakow, Masowsze (Warsaw area), Wielkopolska (Greater Poland - the area to the northwest containing Poznan and Gniezno), Pomerelia (Gdansk), etc.
In the 1290s, through a combination of diplomacy and deaths of his rivals, Przemysl II was able to accomplish a measure of reunification, and to be crowned King of Poland in 1295 (the first king in two centuries). However, a year later he was murdered during a bungled kidnapping attempt.
Wenceslas II of Bohemia, who was already Duke of Krakow then assumed rule over the areas held by Przemysl, and was crowned King of Poland in 1300, later marrying the daughter of Przemysl.

So some Polish catalogs, and collectors of Poland coins often include the coinage of Wenceslas (even though I don;t think his title as King of Poland shows up on his coins).

I am also hoping that anyone who has medieval coins from Silesia will feel free to post them during the appropriate week. As we've seen from some of the 12th century history, Silesia was Polish at the early part of the last millenium, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, even though ruled by Polish (Piast) princes until the 16th century.
Next week we will even see Hungary in the mix!

@tdz, sorry just noticed your request for confirmation on that Boleslaw IV Denar. I agree with your current attribution of Kopicki 54a and here is why:

54 a-d have the obv inscription going in clockwise fashion as opposed to 55 a-d, where the text runs backwards. In terms of the sub-variety, you need to look at what is over the king's head. For a it is nothing, for b it is a propeller-looking thing, for c it is a leftward-pointing sword, and for d it is a tiny, three-towered building that looks remarkably like a sideways letter E. On your coin, this area is a a bit damaged, but I can clearly see the face and the curved part of the head immediately next to the rim denticles. In the sub-varieties where there is an object between the head and the denticles, there is more space.

I will say that there are some small differences in the letter spacing and orientation between yours and the line drawing in Kopicki, but this is of course very common as everything was done by hand by workmen who likely were illiterate.

Time to move on to the 14th century!

We will include Wladyslaw II Jagiello (confusing as he was the second Wladyslaw II) whose reign began in 1386 but also covered one third of the next century.

Really interesting and informative thread...following and learning...

btw...Spence..great coin love the lion...

Paul

Here is a Denar from Polish-controlled Hungary that dates between 1373 and 1382 AD. It was issued under the authority of King Louis I and can be attributed as Kopicki 10038 and Huszar 547.

Sweet florin @tdz! Here is some small change that mostly meets this week's requirements:

First is a Polish-controlled Pomeranian Denar that dates to the 15th Century. It was minted in Garz and is attributed as Kopicki 8459 and Saurma 4954. Second is a Kwartnik from the same region (Pyritz mint) and general timeframe. It is attributed as Kopicki 8493d.

I think we were posting at the same time.

That Pyritz kwartnik is great. I was completely unfamiliar with this place (Polish Pyrzyce -- haha, give that one a try!). Looks like MONETA NOVA P on obverse.

Medieval Poland was a bit later than other countries in minting groats/groschen/groszy.
As mentioned upthread, the Bohemian Praggroschen was probably in use to some extent since circa 1300. As part of his coinage reform, Kasimierz melted down denars, and began issuing larger denominations, including the first Polish-made grosz.
They are quite rare. One is currently up for auction: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=l...=2815&lot=53