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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1229157, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="arial"><font size="4">The silver 3 Polker</font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="arial"><font size="4">　</p><p>This silver 3 Polker coin of Poland issued by King Sigismund III Vasa is dated 1616. Sigismund became king of Poland <b><i>and</i></b> Lithuania in 1587. He was also king of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. His efforts to unite Poland and Sweden caused sixty years of war between the two. He invaded Russia in 1605, taking advantage of their <b><i>Time of Troubles</i></b>. Despite occupying Moscow and proclaiming himself to be Czar, he was unable to control the country. His war in Russia continued until a peace treaty was finally signed in 1618.</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4">One side of the coin has the crowned arms of united Poland and Lithuania. The other side features the number 24 within an orb, indicating the coin&#039;s value at 1/24th of a Thaler. On either side of the cross and orb are the last two digits of the date (16). Sigismund did not feel it necessary to include the first two digits (16) (Coin Archives photo):</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=961000&amp;AucID=710&amp;Lot=10578&amp;Val=f25c0b1fa358b8d781982000f7adced3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=961000&amp;AucID=710&amp;Lot=10578&amp;Val=f25c0b1fa358b8d781982000f7adced3" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=961000&amp;AucID=710&amp;Lot=10578&amp;Val=f25c0b1fa358b8d781982000f7adced3</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">Here&#039;s an image of another 3 Polker dared 1622 - 1624 courtesy of Joels Coins (joelscoins.com):　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland41r.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland41r.jpg" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/poland41r.jpg</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed seeing these historic fractional Thalers (3 Polter)...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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