A superb, absolutely mint piece of the first vintage of the crown thalers of King Ladislaus IV Vasa.
Legendary variety with POL MAS on the obverse and SVEC on the reverse.
In the catalog of Jan Dostych marked with the degree of rarity R6.
A coin of outstanding beauty. It delights not only with its spectacular lutro, but also with its excellent detail. The only piece with the highest grade in the NGC registry. Polish thalers in mint condition are coins of great rarity. Incidentally, we see beautiful thalers of the period of the Duchy of Warsaw, even more rarely Sigismund III Vasa, other periods are already pieces of the highest rarity, such as the presented amazing thaler of Wladyslaw IV Vasa. A coin, the occasion of purchase of which is remembered for years to come.
Obverse: bust of the king to the right
- VLADIS.IIII.D.G.REX.POL&M.D.LIT.RVS.PRVS.MAS -.
Reverse: shield of coat of arms, on the sides date and initials I-I of Jan Jacob Jacobson von Emden
- SAM.LIV.NE.NO.SVEC GOT.VAND.Q.HR.REX -.
Diameter 43 mm
During the reign of Ladislaus IV, a ban on minting small coinage, enacted back in the days of his predecessor, was in effect. It covered both state and municipal mints. Thus the crown mints in Bydgoszcz, and then from 1644 in Cracow, minted only half-talars, thalers, ducats and multiples thereof. The mint production of the Prussian cities of Gdansk, Torun and Elblag was similar. The Lithuanian mint was not working at the time. An exception was a trial portugal minted in 1640. A trial series of trojaks, sixpences and orts was also prepared by the Bydgoszcz mint in 1635. In addition to the above-mentioned issues, the minting of Wladyslaw Vasa also includes the kopecks b. d. from the time when Prince Wladyslaw was elected tsar of Moscow and the three-crashers of the Duchy of Opole-Racibor from 1647.
