Kwartnik

Kwartnik ( quarter piece ) or Polgrosze ( half penny ) was the name given to the most common silver coin in Poland during the 14th and 15th centuries.

The coin was first used under Casimir III. (Poland) (1310-1370) minted. The Kwartnik was a quarter of the weight unit or arithmetic coin Schot , Schoter or Skot (a sheet in turn was considered the 24th part of a fine mark and therefore corresponded to a weight of about 10 g). The coin image first showed Casimir with a scepter on the obverse ( obverse ) and the Polish eagle on the reverse ( lapel ), later the coin image varied and the coin spread across the whole of Central and Eastern Europe.

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