John II Casimir, Torun donative weighing 5 ducats 1655
Heaviest of the series of donatives from that year
AWERS:
Half figure of the king to the left in full armor with the Order of the Golden Fleece.
In the rim the legend: IOAN : CAS : D : G : REX POL : ET SVE : M : D : L : R : P :
REWERS:
In the middle, a panorama of the city of Toruń as seen from the other side of the Vistula River. Numerous boats on the river, Prussian Bridge on the right, date 1655 in the field at bottom left, separated by a monogram with initials HL (probably Hans Jacob Lauer). At the top, the city coat of arms in clouds, held by two angels. In the rim the legend: EX . AVRO . SOLIDO . CIVIT : THORVNENS : FIERI . F : with a star in a triangle.
Weight: 17.17 g.
Diameter: 38/37 mm
Condition:
I-/II+, full mint luster, slight traces of background scratches on the reverse, old patina.
A very carefully minted and beautifully preserved piece.
Czapski: 2133, R3, weight: 17.236 g
Very rarely offered in this state of preservation.
Coin from Marian Frankiewicz's collection
put up for sale in 1930 by Felix Schlessinger's auction house
Münz - Auktion 15. September 1930
Sammlung des Herrn M. Frankiewicz in Posen Polnische Münzen und Medaillen,
Berlin 1930
Item: 692
Very slight (minimal) pendant mark.
Minimally rubbed, even background of obverse in coin field near bust of king.
Unlisted in Coinarchives Pro archive
PROVISION FOR BUYERS ONLY 10%.
