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[[Image:SB223-74409o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74409]]
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This specimen was lot 74409 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Poland|POLAND]]. [[Livonia]] (Riga). Solidus, (16)18. PCGS MS-62. A well made example for the type with a mostly centered strike and a good amount of original surfaces remaining." This type was struck 1617-19 just before the Swedish occupation in 1621.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' silver or billon. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 16.3, listed under [[Lithuania]], Kop-8157. 

''[[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, ''February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Lithuania 1616 schilling]], Vilnius mint
* [[Riga (16)17 solidus]]
* [[Lithuania 1618 10 ducats Fr-4]]
* [[Riga (16)19 solidus]]
* [[Riga 1620 3 polker]], Sigismund
* [[Riga (16)21 schilling]], Sigismund
* [[Riga (16)21 solidus]], Gustavus Adolphus
* [[Coins and currency dated 1618]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]]