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* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. | * Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, ''Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, ''Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:36, 15 July 2025
This specimen was lot 2697 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $54. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLISH LIVONIA: Sigismund III, 1587-1629, AR schilling, Riga, [16]19, a lovely lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS63." This schilling or solidus was struck for Sigismund of Poland 1587-1622 in many varieties. Riga and Livonia were seized by Sweden from Poland in 1621 and retained by them until their loss to Russia in 1721. Numista notes that one thaler was 108 schilling.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.85 g, billon, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-5.
- 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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- Riga (16)17 solidus
- Livonia (16)18 solidus, Riga mint, Sigismund
- Riga 1619 ducat Fr-5
- Riga (16)20 solidus, Sigismund III
- Riga 1620 3 polker, Sigismund
- Coins and currency dated 1619