Lithuania 1616 schilling

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47507

This specimen was lot 47507 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. Lithuania. Schilling, 1616. Vilnius Mint. Sigismund III. NGC MS-64." The SCWC lists this obscure type for 1615-17 but similar coins were struck at various mints throughout Sigismund's long reign. At Riga, this denomination was called a solidus.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.90 g, 0.160 fine silver, 16.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-16.2.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Lithuania (16)15 schilling, Vilnius mint
• Poland (16)15 3 polker, Bromberg mint
• Riga (16)16 solidus
• Livonia (16)18 solidus, Riga mint
• Lithuania 1618 10 ducats Fr-4
• Riga 1620 3 polker
• Lithuania 1652 schilling
• Coins and currency dated 1616