1593, Poland, Sigismund III Vasa. Silver 3 Groszy. R1!

Mint Year: 1593
Condition: Nice XF!
Mint Place: Olkusz (Ilkenau)
Reference: Iger O.93.3.d. R1!
Denomination: Triple Groszy (3 Groszy)
Diameter: 21mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 2.42gm

Obverse: Crowned and draped bust of Sigismund III Vasa in ruff right.
Legend: SIG . 3 . DG . REX . POLONI . MD . LIT . +

Reverse: White Eagle and Knight Vytis flank tiny city Arms, 3-line denomination.
Legend: / III / (white eagle) (shield) (rider) / GROS . ARG . TR / IPR . EG . POLO / . NIAE . 9 . 3 . / I .( (lion shield) . F .

At your attention a beautiful and rare 3 groszy silver coin, issued by Sigismund III Vasa during 1593 and struck at the Olkusz mint. Here we have a R1 rated variety with cross at the end of the obverse legend. A nowadays hard to find and important addition!

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Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza) (20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Polish Crown, a monarch of joined Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and King of Sweden (where he was known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland. He was the last ruler of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth bearing a dynastical blood of House of Gediminas and a branch of it Jagiellons, although from female line.

Elected to the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund sought to create a personal union between the Commonwealth and Sweden (Polish-Swedish union), and succeeded for a time in 1592. After he had been deposed in 1595 from the Swedish throne by his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden and a meeting of the Riksens ständer (Swedish Riksdag), he spent much of the rest of his life attempting to reclaim it.

Sigismund remains a highly controversial figure in Poland. His long reign coincidenced with the apex of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's prestige, power and economic influence. On the other hand, it was also during his reign that the symptoms of decline that led to the Commonwealth's future demise surfaced. Common views, influenced by popular books of Pawel Jasienica, tend to present Sigismund as the main factor responsible for initiating these negative processes, while academic historians usually are not that condemning. However, the question whether the Commonwealth's decline was caused by Sigismund's own decisions or its roots were in historical processes beyond his personal control, remains a highly debated topic.

He was commemorated in Warsaw with Zygmunt's Column, commissioned by his son and successor, Wladyslaw IV.

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