Danzig (15)79 groschen

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1155

This specimen was lot 1155 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND: DANZIG: Stefan Batory, 1576–1586, AR groschen, 1579, the second and last vintage of Stefan Batory's Gdansk groschen, a lovely coin with original toning, XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." Thirty groschen or groszy made a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.85 g, silver, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Kopicki-7433.

Source:

• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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