Unique coin from the legendary Radziwiłł Collection, and in recent years belonging to the distinguished Lech Kokociński Collection, who acquired it from another outstanding figure of Polish numismatics, Witold Korski.
Very rare Tys forgery of Danzig thaler of Sigismund II Augustus from 1567, minted in silver.
Coin illustrated and described in Numismatic News by Witold Korski, the then owner who writes: "... Let's analyze the reverse of the Tysa Talar in detail (Fig. 3 - the presented copy from the Corial Collection). The stamp bears all the signs of a mint work, lettering performed by Punc and the spirit of the era, the letters A, T, and, can be compared with, for example, the legend of the countersignly Neapolitan Talar, i.e. the coin of both contemporary and the legal circulation in Poland. The letter N is shown, which in the reverse of the Trend is incorrect in the concept of the construction of the Renaissance letter, which is also clearly in combination with a Neapolitan copy. Both cases "thick lettering" facilitates comparison. The most interesting here is the letter A with a unilateral upper sheriff, forward. It should be noted that Goebla's thin lettering is at a much higher artistic level.
The comments indicated than the stamp could be made in the era and that it has many more features of authenticity than the alleged copy of the Gdańsk gymnasium shown (also in the article).
Regardless of the lettering, it is also worth taking care of the Gdańsk coat of arms on copies. This coat of arms, consisting of two simple, isosceles crosses in a shield, covered with a crown, is a rather unusual city coat of arms. The same type represents the coat of arms placed on a copy of the thousand - with the difference that the arms are longer and narrower, but ended with insignificant sheriffs. This is especially visible on the horizontal beams of the cross, although the vertical also have extensions at the ends of the crosses in the numismatics of earlier periods are not found on the coins of Zygmunt and Zygmunt Augustus, there are crosses on the coins there are bachelor crosses. In Gdańsk architecture, however, there is a type of coat of arms with simple crosses with sheriffs. For example, at the Upland Gate (1588), on the old armory (1600-1605), on the Golden Gate (1612). In addition, at the Town Hall, a sundial from 1589 has the coat of arms of Gdańsk, where there are two simple crosses with sheriffs in a round shield, and a crown is placed above the shield (as in Talar 1567) ...
... The issue of Gdańsk Thaler is an extremely exciting matter. This is the first coin of this kind in Poland, beaten in the period when the mint has been closed for several years, not listed in urban files, emerging in a fairly accidental year, not at all characteristic of the reign of Zygmunt August, because after the Inflanian war. An opportunity for breaking this Thaler would be a moment when in 1561 the king asked Gdańsk for a loan, which he did not receive. He was beaten on a German foot, not Polish, so he could not be a legal means of payment in Gdańsk. On the other hand, he was already known in 1728 in the collection of H. Lubeck (Królewiec). From this year there is not only a mention of him, but also his drawing. A combination of photography of the alleged original and a new beating with a partly authentic stamp (the so -called Thalla Talar) clearly proves that it is two different stamps. I think that of the two dubious Gdańsk thalers presented, the thoughts' thaler (or rather found a stamp of his reverse page) has many more features of authenticity ... "
Obverse: bust of the king in armor, right
SIGISMVNDVS DG REX POLON MA D LIZAN
Reverse: crowned shield with the coat of arms of Gdańsk, supported by two lions, below divided date 15-67
COIN NO VA CIVITA TIS DANTISCI
Diameter 42 mm, weight 30.39 g
