½ Thaler - Sigismund II Augustus
Features
| Issuer |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
 |
|---|---|
| Grand duke |
Sigismund II Augustus (1548-1572)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1564 |
| Value | 15 Groats |
| Currency | Lithuanian Groat (1495-1580) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 13.93 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 183311 |
| References | Kop# 3318 Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Lettering:
15 SA 64
XV
Reverse
(en) Five shields featuring Polish Eagle, Lithuanian Vytis, Archangel Michael of Kyiv, Cross of Volhynia and Smolensk Bear with Sforza's serpent in the middle.
Mints
| Tykocin, Poland (1564-1566) | |
| Vilnius, Lithuania (1340-1666) |
Comments
(en)
Mint: Tykocin - Tykocien - Tiktin - Tyktin - Tuktin - Tikoczin - Tykoczyn - Tykociensis - Тыкоцін - טיקטין - تیکوچین - Тыкоцин - 蒂科欽
or
Mint: Wilno - Vilnius - Вільня - Вильнюс - Вильна - Viļņa - Wilna - Vilna - 维尔纽斯
Year and lack of mint mark makes mint identification controversial.
Sources call it 1⁄4 kopa (Ćwierćkopek), ½ thaler or 15 groat.
Unique coin variant is in Vienna historical art museum's coin collection.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1564 | |||||||||||||||
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