Sigismund I the Old, city shilling 1540 POLON, Gdańsk

Jagiellonians, Sigismund I the Old (1506-1548), city shilling 1540 POLON, Gdansk mint.

City shilling minted in Gdansk for Sigismund I the Old in 1540. A very rare vintage of the Gdansk shekel, misestimated rarity in the

catalogs. In the Onebid.pl archives since 1998, the 1540 Gdańsk shekel has occurred 6 times, of which the POLON variant has occurred only 2 times.

obverse: Coat of Arms of Gdansk, and in the outer rim the legend: MONE*CIVI*GEDANEN*1540/KWIAT

reverse: Eagle of the Prussian Lands, and in the outer rim the legend: SIGIS*DEI*GRA*REX*POLON/HAKI

silver, weight 0.73 grams, diameter 18.7 mm

Literature: Kopicki 7287 (R), Kurpiewski 428 R1