Lithuania 1563 3 groschen

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 46637

This specimen was lot 46637 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $219.60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. Lithuania. 3 Grosze, 1563. Vilnius Mint. Sigismund II August. NGC EF-40." In the sixteenth century, Lithuania comprised the northeast half of the kingdom of Poland whose monarch ruled the two regions separately. This type was struck in numerous varieties 1562-64. Numista calls this a three groats; we have used the German name drei groschen but one could also call it a three grosze.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.0 g, 0.875 fine silver, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Kop-3306; Gum-622.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

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