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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4563941, member: 102103&quot;]Day 85:&nbsp; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 3 Polker, 1622, Sigismund III Vasa</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1129932[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here&#039;s the 1623 3 Grosze I posted earlier.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1129943[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe &quot;<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pół" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pół" rel="nofollow">pol</a>&quot; means 1/2 and &quot;<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/półtora#Polish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/półtora#Polish" rel="nofollow">poltora</a>&quot; 1 1/2.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still trying to make sense of the Polish monetary system.&nbsp; There are spelling</p><p>variations used across books (poltura = poltora = półtora), and similar-sounding </p><p>but different coins (poltorak = 3 poltura), as well as confusing singular and plurals</p><p>(1 grosz, 1 1/2 grosze, 6 groszy).&nbsp; Some of the entries in my Krause seem to use </p><p>Hungarian or German terms for Polish denominations.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I can sort it out I&#039;ll post a table.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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