View source for Lithuania (16)15 schilling

[[Image:SB824-47505o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47505]]
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This specimen was lot 47505 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Poland|POLAND]]. [[Lithuania]]. Schilling, 1615. Vilnius Mint. Sigismund III. NGC MS-65." 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 [[Livonia (16)18 solidus|solidus]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

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

''Catalog reference:'' KM-16.2.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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 1601-V 3 groschen|1601-V 3 grosze (trojak), Vilnius mint]]
* [[Poland (16)15 3 polker]], Bromberg mint
* [[Lithuania 1616 schilling]], Vilnius mint
* [[Livonia (16)18 solidus]], Riga mint
* [[Lithuania 1618 10 ducats Fr-4]]
* [[Riga 1620 3 polker]]
* [[Riga (16)21 schilling]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1615]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale]]