A bust variety with an orifice.
A beautifully preserved piece with a strong mint luster.
Slight background freshness, previously washed out.
Obverse: coat of arms of Gdansk in a cartouche supported by two lions, in a rope border, in the border a legend beginning with a shield with a bear's paw sign and a mint mark:
COIN-CIVIT:GEDANENSIS-1616+;
Reverse: bust of Sigismund III Vasa wearing a crown to the right, with the Order of the Golden Fleece on a chain of 5 flints, wearing armor and cloak studded with jewels, with a tubular orifice, in a corded border, in the rim a legend beginning with the mint mark:
SIGIS:III-D:G:REX-POL:M:D:L:R:PRVS:*;
