Variety with royal bust in laurel wreath.
Inscription IOAN CASIMIR on the obverse and ARGEN REGNI PO on the reverse, the letters MW under the Wieniawa coat of arms.
Rare variant of the king' s curls and as many as 10 armor sleeve stripes, characteristic of the very rare 7-3 (R6) variant.
Also & between colons separating PO-S at the end of the obverse legend, which is characteristic of the very rare variant 8-2 (R6).
On the reverse the date separated by a dot "16.53"
A very nice piece, with lots of beautiful mint luster.
Delicate traces of the rolling mill.
Hard to find in beautiful condition.
For the best collections.
Obverse: royal bust wearing laurel wreath, armor and cloak, with armor sleeve stripes visible, with Order of the Golden Fleece, to the right, in the rim legend: IOAN-CASIMIR-DG REX PO:&:S
Reverse: crowned with a crown with jewels in a closed rim, a five-field escutcheon with the coats of arms of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the coat of arms of the Snopes of the Vasa dynasty, on the sides of the escutcheon the denomination I-8, in the rim the legend punctuated by the coat of arms of Wieniawa Podskarbiego Wielkiego Koronnego Bogusław Leszczyński and the initials MW: COIN-ARGEN-REGNI-PO 16.53
