Kingdom Of Poland Coins By Century (963 - 1586)

I was thinking of keeping his reign together rather than splitting it.
And starting it at the beginning of next weekend, and allowing two weeks (at least?) for Sig III since his coins are so plentiful.

As this thread winds down, I'll post a recent auction win (not received yet). More appropriate to last week, as it's from the reign of Zygmunt I.

Schilling/szelag/solidus minted in Gdansk, 1524. This is the earliest dated coin minted in Gdansk, and in addition is my my first example of this denomination during this reign. Kopicki 7262.

I thought I would keep this thread going for anyone wishing to post new acquisitions.

I just won this 1536 Trojak (3 groschen)from the Elbing mint, which fills a gap in my type/mint collection for Sigismund I. These were minted 1535-1540, and I think Kopicki gives every date at least an R3, though Iger ranks them a bit lower on rarity.

Many of the Sigismund I trojaks have a very dark patination (I am guessing many of the brighter ones that show up at auction have been cleaned at some point). Interesting about the Elbing trojaks is that they do not bear the royal portrait. Sigismund I Trojaks from the other mints (a Gdansk example was posted a bit earlier) all have a portrait. Kopicki 7089(R3), Iger E.36.1.e(R2)

My version of Gumowski is a spiral bound (photo)copy I bought from Karl Stephens, probably ten to fifteen years ago (I think you mentioned you used to have one, too, but it was lost).
And it is in German. I don't know if an English translation exists. Gumowski also has some 84 pages of narrative in the beginning on the characteristics of the coinage of each reign. And a glossary of mintmasters' marks, Tables of historical weights and equivalents by reign, and so on (on the other hand, diametrs and weights are NOT given in the main part of the catalog)

I think Kopicki is more "granular" than Gumowski in the coin attributions. For example, Krakow half groats of Sigismund I are all Gum.480. for all dates between 1507 and 1523. I think Kopicki gives them individual numbers. But, if I understand correctly, it is in Polish.

For trojaks, a version of the Iger catalog is available on the WCN website: http://iger.wcn.pl/ Though it is in Polish, it is relatively easy to navigate (king/mint/year), the photos are clear, and if you need to read what differentiates between subtypes, you can again use the Google translator for the most part.

I don't have any kind of fluency in either German or Polish, but have been able to manage with the descriptions in Gumowski with a small vocabulary (krone, adler, lowen, reiter, schwert, brustbild, wappen, grosse , kleine etc.) and the Google translator.

Maybe more info than you needed, but it may help others who are looking for a Polish catalog.

This one is a 1592 Sigismund III Dreigroschen (Riga under Poland).

... And that's a really attractive Riga dreigroschen of Sigismund III.
In the 16th and 17th century, there was constant warfare in the eastern Baltic, first between Poland and the Teutonic Knights (early 16th), then Sweden (late 16th/early 17th), and eventually Russia. The Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth reigned over parts of Livonia from 1569 to 1629, when Sweden drove them out. So, we see coins minted in RIga under Polish authority during the reigns of Stefan Bathory (there is a 1586 Riga dreigroschen with his portrait earlier in the thread) and Sigismund III.

We've continued the discussion of Polish coins starting with Sigismund III reign over here: http://goccf.com/t/332606

@Jadey Nice Lithuanian half-groat 1562, seventeenth Eagle on obverse, twenty-ninth Knight on reverse, 4SA114-29 by Ivanauskas, R in his book'2014.

Continuing to use this thread for new Poland/Lituania acquisitions pre-1586...
This is a fairly common type issued by Sigismund II between 1545-66 that we've seen several times on this thread. Just received this auction win (still some luster in the fields, though my photo doesn't pick it up). 1551 polgrosz (1/2 groat) Kopicki 3243, Ivanauskas 4SA46-13: