Inscription: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA • 500 ZŁ
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SIGISMUNDI III·
EX ANNA AUSTRIACA
FILIUS, VIVENTE PATRE
IN MAGNUM DUCEM
MOSCHOVIAE ELECTUS A·D·
1610. MORTUO IN TITULUM
REGIS SVECIAE SUCCESSIT,
SMOLENSCUM OBSIDIONE
VICTOR LIBERAVIT, INTER
TOT REGNORUM SPES
AMISSAS OBIIT
ORBUS MERECII
A·D·1648·AETAT:53·
Translation: RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA • 500 ZŁ
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SIGISMUND III,
SON OF ANNA OF AUSTRIA,
WHILE HIS FATHER LIVED
WAS ELECTED GRAND DUKE
OF MUSCOVY IN THE YEAR
1610. UPON HIS DEATH HE SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE
OF KING OF SWEDEN,
HE FREED SMOLENSK, VICTORIOUS FROM THE SIEGE, AMID
SO MANY LOST HOPES
OF KINGDOMS HE DIED
CHILDLESS IN MERECZ
IN THE YEAR 1648, AGE 53.