Another misattributed 1600s coin: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 3 Polker 1614 (I think)

Got this one a few weeks ago for a little under $12. It was sold as:
"Brandenburg, 1624, 1/24 thaler"
With Central Europe in the 1600s, I find the attributions are as likely to be wrong as not.

I'm not 100% sure I have an exact match, but I think it is this, variant Górecki K.14.2.b.


Obverse: SIGIS 3 DG 3 REX PMDL (Sigismund III, by the Grace of God, 3 [polker], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania)

Reverse: MONE NO. W REX POL. Z4
I think the bottom W is Krakow mintmaster Stanislaw Warszycki (1614-16)
The "14" around the orb is the date [16]24 and the Z4 indicates that it is 1/24 of some larger monetary unit (a thaler?)

1.11 g silver, ~20 mm diameter

I know my local coin shop will take it back for exchange if I want, but I'm not sure if $12 is a reasonable price for this coin anyway. I'm useless at estimating grades on older coins like this. If I have the right variant, Krause (2011) has it at $7 in G and $22.50 in VG. The reverse seems more like a weak strike than heavy wear to me.

Would you keep it or trade it back for something else? All advice welcomed, thanks.

 

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At that price I would keep it. I think you are correct about the weak strike.