Lithuania 1601-V 3 groschen
This specimen was lot 4941 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €700 (about US$963 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BALTIKUM, LITAUEN Sigismund III. von Polen, 1587-1632. 3-Gröscher 1601 V, Vilnius. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 55 (6274001-001). Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Baltic States, Lithuania, Sigismund III of Poland, 1587-1632, three groschen of 1601, Vilnius mint. Graded NGC AU-55, extremely rare, fine patina, about extremely fine.)"
This coin was called a trojak or 3 grosze in Polish, and is known from Lublin, Bydgoszcz/Bromberg, Wschowa/Fraustadt, Kraków and Poznań/Posen in addition to Wilno/Vilnius, shown here. The SCWC lists this type for 1600-03 and 1608.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.37 g, 0.844 fine silver, 20-21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 5, Iger V.01.2 a var. (R3); Kopicki 3544 (R5).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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