Lithuania 1562 1/2 groschen

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74306

This specimen was lot 74306 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LITHUANIA. 1/2 Groschen, 1562. Sigismund II Augustus. PCGS MS-62. Displaying with above average strike detail and centering, this example also has a soft blue patina tone. From the Kings Norton Mint Collection." In the sixteenth century, Lithuania comprised the northeast half of the kingdom of Poland whose monarch ruled the two regions separately.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon.

Catalog reference: Ivanauskas-4SA115-29.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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