Thorn 1660-HD L 18 groszy

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1157

This specimen was lot 1157 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND: THORN: Jan Kazimierz, 1649–1668, AR ort, 1660, Kopicki-8324, an ort of 18 groschen, a rare type from a scarce location, VF-XF, R, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This denomination, struck at Thorn in various styles 1650-68, seems to be unique to Poland. The SCWC notes that it traded for a quarter thaler but may only have been a fifth.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 35.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• Thorn 1659 thaler
• Thorn 1659-HL triple ducat, Jan Casimir
• Thorn 1661 ducat
• Thorn 1662-HD L 18 groszy
• Coins and currency dated 1660