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stratocaster Valued Member United Kingdom 240 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 4:02 pm I have these Poland gros coins and have a few questions about them: Coin 1 This one looks very odd. It looks like the metal peeled off. Is it a fake? The surface looks like silver, but I don't know about the interior.The legend and year are not entirely readable. Coin 2 1598 3 gros Legend: av: SIG III D G (REX PO?) M D L rv: GROS ARG TRI R PO 98 B Is the B in the legend a mintmark? Shouldn't this coin be silver? Coin 3 1599 3 gros Legend: av: SIG III D G (REX PO?) M D L rv: GROS ARG TR R POLO ? 99 E Is the E in the legend a mintmark? Coin 4 This one is easy: 1593 3 gros Legend: av: SIG 3 D G REX PO M D L (Sigismund 3 Dei Gratiae Rex Poloniae Magni Dux Litvaniae) rv: GROS ARG TRIP REG POLONI 93 I F (don't know what it means exactly) This one looks ok, I got it as a present, I don't think it's a counterfake. I'm not very good at grading (could it be xf?, it looks cleaned to me). These coins circulated in Roania too, so here they are quite frequent. I saw similar ones for up to 150-200$. I think there's a little die crack on the obverse between the X-PO-M. Edited by stratocaster 07/25/2008 4:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff

DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 4:29 pm OK let's start with stating that I'm no expert on these, but I do have the best book All of them look weird. Holed usually meant false. Coin #1. Unidentifiable due to lack of date, but dubious. The "E" might be a giveaway. No 3 gr coin in the 1590s should have an "E" there according to the catalogue. Coin #2. It resembles KOP#1125. 1598. Mint Bydgoszcz. "98 [shield] B". However, the lettering should be more straight, the letters should be of similar size, and the beard should point to the end of "G" rather than to the space between "D" and "G". And yes, it should be silver. Coin #3. KOP#1136. 1599. Mint Olkusz. "99 I [shield] F". Coin #4. KOP#969. 1593. Mint Poznan. "93 I [shield] F" Many of these coins have the "I - F" at the bottom. These are coins of different mints. So no, it can't be a mintmark. According to the price guide, all bottom three are common coins. Edited by DL20K 07/25/2008 4:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
stratocaster Valued Member United Kingdom 240 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 11:43 am Thankyou DL20K Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 12:58 pm No problem. I hope it helps.. somehow. Report this Post to the Staff
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