Rare Danzig thaler of Ladislaus IV Vasa from 1639, in a rarer variety with a large bust of the king.
Obverse: bust of the king facing right, in crown and armor, on the chest the Order of the Golden Fleece and a lace collar
VLAD IIII DG REX POL ET SVE MD LIT RVS PRVS
Reverse: two lions supporting the oval shield of the city of Danzig, in the cartouche under the shield the date 1939, on the sides the initials GR of minmaster Gerhard Rogge
ARGENTEA CIVITATIS GEDANENSIS COIN
Diameter 44 mm, weight 28.61 g
During the reign of Ladislaus IV, there was a ban on minting small coins, passed under his predecessor. It included both state and city mints. Therefore, the crown mints in Bromberg, and then from 1644 in Krakow, minted only half-thalers, thalers, ducats and their multiples. The mint production of Prussian cities - Danzig, Thorn and Elbing - looked similar. The Lithuanian Mint was not working at that time. The exception was a probe 10 ducats coin minted in 1640. Probe series of 3 groschen, 6 groschen and 18 groschen was also prepared by the Bromberg mint in 1635. In addition to the above-mentioned issues, Władysław Vasa's coinage also includes kopecks bd from the times when Prince Władysław was elected Tsar of Moscow and three kreuzer Duchy of Oppeln-Rattibor from 1647.
