The rarest and most sought-after vintage, which is missing from most collections of Sigismund III Vasa's orts.
Variety with a dot after the bear's paw (Daniel Cluver's mark). Punctuation in the form of a colon between the letters D G on the obverse.
Double lion tails.
Piece with clearly preserved, intense mint mirror. Details untouched by circulation.
A very rare item due to the vintage itself, but in this state of preservation, especially rare.
The rarest of the unobjectionable vintage Danzig orts of Sigismund III Vasa in a specimen state of preservation.
The year 1610, is the third year of operation of the Danzig mint, after its earlier closure in 1601. The first issue was the extremely rare 1608 orts. Their issue was very well received in Royal Prussia as well as in the crown provinces. The head of the mint at the time, from 1589, was Filip Clüver. Philip was the son of a Danzig merchant and an incredibly talented medalist, whose talent was also inherited by his son Daniel, who became the next head of the Danzig mint from 1610. Early vintages of orts were initially equal in value to quarters or ten pennies, but as their rate was lowered and pennies and half-pennies deteriorated at the same time, the price of orts reached 16 pennies, eventually stabilizing at 18 pennies. Earlier vintages of orts were snatched from circulation and converted to a worse rate at the Bydgoszcz and Königsberg mints, which largely contributed to their current rarity.
