The first sixpence of the city of Wschowa - a very rare, broad, striking issue.
The early sixpences of King Sigismund III from 1595-1596, with the exception of the large Malbork issue, are rare today, and catalog makers value them in accordance with grades from R4 to R8 (this one R7). These are coins that, like other early issues of this ruler, as the silver content decreased in subsequent years, weakening the denominations, were caught and remelted, naturally deteriorating during their long years in circulation.
In its history, Wschowa minted sixpacks only occasionally. There were only a few mintages during the reign of Sigismund and one during his son, John Casimir. All of them are today among great rarities.
The present one, the oldest, is a coin from the period when the lease over the mint was taken over by Herman Rudiger, whose mark - a rose - is found on the reverse. It is accompanied by the sign of the grate (by Andrzej Lauffert) and the coat of arms of Lewart (by Jan Firlej, Grand Treasurer of the Crown).
The second variation of this very rare issue - with the numeral of the denomination on the sides of the crown from the shield with the Sheaf (instead of above it) and a small flower after 15 from the date.
A circulating piece, with good presence. At 12 o'clock a disc abrasion (probably a trace of a pendant). Two scratches on the reverse. Patina.
Silver, diameter 25 mm, weight 4.37 g.
