Riga (16)21 schilling

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73406

This specimen was lot 73406 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LIVONIA. Schilling ("Riga Penny"), (16)21. Riga Mint. Sigismund III of Poland. NGC MS-63. A lustrous and charming example of this choice billon issue." This type was struck 1601-22 while Riga was theoretically Polish. In 1621, the town was seized by the Swedish and held by them until captured by Russia in 1720.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM 5; Kop-8103.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• Livonia (16)18 solidus, Riga mint
• Riga 1619 ducat Fr-5
• Riga 1620 3 polker
• Riga (16)21 solidus
• Poland 1621-IIVE thaler Dav-4313
• Lithuania 1622 5 ducats Fr-6
• (16)24 3 polker (1/24 thaler)
• 1630-MW thaler, Gustavus Adolphus
• Lithuania 1661-TLB schilling
• Coins and currency dated 1621