1533. AR Talar. Thorn Mint. Crowned and armored bust of king right. The shields of Poland, Lithuania,...

1533. AR Talar. Thorn Mint. Crowned and armored bust of king right. The shields of Poland, Lithuania, Prussia, Red Russia, and Austria interspersed into legend "SIGISM- P. REX. PO - LONIE . M . - . D . LITHV - &: 1533" / Smaller crowned and armored bust of his son, Sigismund August II. The shields of Poland, Lithuania, Prussia, Red Russia, and Milano (for the Queen, Bona Sforza) are interspersed into legend "SIG : AVG : - SECVND - : FILIVS : - REX . PO - LON : & C" . Gum. 496 (R); Kop. 441 (R7); HCz. 331 (R6); Dav. 8418. VF or nearly so, obverse has light gilding, a few insignificant hairline scratches on the reverse. In cherrywood presentation case.
The coin can be traced to two extremely important collections. The first, E. Hutten-Czapski, because of his countermark (half moon with star within letter C) in the obverse field. The second, the collection of M. Frankiewicz, lot 27, offered 15 September 1930 by F. Schlessinger in Berlin. The lucky new owner of this coin can proudly add "from the collection of Henry Karolkiewicz" to its pedigree!