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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5356041, member: 102103&quot;]Got this one a few weeks ago for a little under $12.&nbsp; It was sold as: </p><p>&quot;Brandenburg, 1624, <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30739.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30739.html" rel="nofollow">1/24 thaler</a>&quot;</p><p>With Central Europe in the 1600s, I find the attributions are as likely to be wrong as not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not 100% sure I have an exact match, but I think it is <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces136183.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces136183.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>, variant Górecki K.14.2.b.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1227206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; SIGIS 3 DG&nbsp; 3&nbsp; REX PMDL&nbsp;&nbsp; (Sigismund III, by the Grace of God, 3 [polker], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; MONE NO.&nbsp; W&nbsp; REX POL. Z4 </p><p>I think the bottom W is Krakow mintmaster Stanislaw Warszycki (1614-16) </p><p>The &quot;14&quot; around the orb is the date [16]24 and the Z4 indicates that it is 1/24 of some larger monetary unit (a thaler?)</p><p><br /></p><p>1.11 g silver, ~20 mm diameter</p><p><br /></p><p>I know my local coin shop will take it back for exchange if I want, but I&#039;m not sure if $12 is a reasonable price for this coin anyway.&nbsp; I&#039;m useless at estimating grades on older coins like this.&nbsp; If I have the right variant, Krause (2011) has it at $7 in G and $22.50 in VG.&nbsp; The reverse seems more like a weak strike than heavy wear to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would you keep it or trade it back for something else?&nbsp; All advice welcomed, thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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