Jagiellonians, Sigismund I the Old (1506-1548), shellac minted in 1525, Gdansk mint.
Obverse: ✱SIGMVND'D¡G¡R¡POLO
Reverse:✠CIVITAS¡DANSCZ¡I525
Diameter 18 mm Weight 0.54 g
Numismatic in beautiful state of preservation with luster in dark gold shimmering patina. With a roughly stamped image. With an unprecedented later legend and design of coats of arms. A coin from the first edition of Danzig coins of Sigismund I the Old. It was an edition of shekels minted in the years from 1524 to 1526. There is a claim that these coins were minted from melted Świdnica halfpence.So far this is not confirmed by research, and the very idea of melting the Świdnica coin into other money was put forward by Jost Ludwik Decius in his work "Treatise on the Minting of Coinage" (Monete cussione ratio), which was published in 1526, the last year of minting Danzig shekels from this edition. The early Danzig shekels of Sigismund I the Old are very rare coins and are sought after by collectors of this mintage or denomination. The coin comes in an envelope with a description of the legend, diameter and weight, as well as the characteristic features of the particular coinage.
