The most beautiful Torun Corbyn's shekel we have seen so far.
A mint coin with a huge amount of surface silvering for this type of issue.
A rarer item, and very rare in this state of preservation.
The only piece with the highest grade in the NGC registry.
Piece with intense luster, with excellent presentation.
Highly recommended!
The monetary situation during the reign of Michal Korybut Wisniowiecki required deep reform. The Republic was flooded with coins issued on a large scale back in the reign of Jan Kazimierz - sub-value boratines and tymphes. However, the monetary reform was not carried out. The Sejm did not approve the trial zlotys (coins worth 1/3 of a thaler, weighing 9.52 grams and containing 7.14 grams of pure silver) presented in 1671 by treasurer Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. This is because it was broken. Sample two-dukats from the same year have also survived to our times. City mints in Gdansk, Torun and Elblag issued coinage shekels and gold coins during this period.
The shekels in the time of Michal Korybut were issued only by city mints (Gdansk, Torun, Elblag). These were coinage coins with a low silver content. Of these, the best in terms of silver bullion content were the Gdansk shekels. They weighed an average of 0.79 grams and were minted from sterling silver of 1 ½ glowstones. The shillings of the other two city mints were significantly inferior. In 1673, at the behest of the Danzig city council, the vardajn Chrystian Schirmer examined the "goodness" of the Torun shillings, which turned out to be much worse than the Danzig ones. On average, they weighed 0.67 grams and were minted from sterling silver of 1 ¼ glowstones. On the obverse of the city sherds of this period is the crowned monogram of the king "MR" and (possibly) the date. On the reverse - an inscription in three lines and the city coat of arms.
