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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6744132, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Lithuania: silver half-grosz of Sigismund the Old of Poland, 1512</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271484[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania" rel="nofollow">Vytis</a> (charging knight; symbol of Lithuania). </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> crowned eagle. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Hammered silver, 19.7 mm, 1.21 g.&nbsp; A very early dated coin struck in the reign of </font></font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Sigismund I (&quot;The Old&quot;)</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">, king of Poland, at a time when </font></font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Lithuania#Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania_(1236%E2%80%931569)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Lithuania#Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania_(1236%E2%80%931569)" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Lithuania</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> was under Polish rule.&nbsp; The date is expressed as &quot;IZ&quot; (12) at the end of the obverse legend, so (15)12. I bought this attributed as &quot;1 grosz&quot;, but I rather suspect it is a half-grosz.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271483[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271484[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271485[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271486[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271487[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1271488[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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