Riga 1592 3 groschen
This specimen was lot 73172 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. Livonia. 3 Groschen (Trojak), 1592. Riga Mint. Sigismund III. NGC AU-55. Soft luster stretches across steel gray surfaces while dove gray patina has developed near the rims. A nicely struck piece overall with ample detail for the issue. Undoubtedly set to strengthen the next collection it enters." Riga was long the capital of Latvia. Originally held by the Livonian Order, when that order was secularized in 1561, Riga became an imperial free city even tho it was not part of the Holy Roman Empire. Riga joined Poland in 1582 but fell to the Swedish in 1629.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Kop-8188; Kam-2504.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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