The first and only Polish wide double coin intended for circulation!
Unique against the background of the domestic minting industry issue of such a wide and heavy coin as a means of payment. Before it was minted, Polish numismatics already knew coins weighing multiples of a thaler, but these were commemorative / occasional issues, or simply multiples minted with one-thaler stamps.
Not surprisingly, the mint that minted it is Gdansk. As Tadeusz Kalkowski wrote,"Thalers were an indispensable means of payment in foreign trade, centered in Gdansk, where cloth, roots and other Western goods came by sea."
A compositionally beautiful coin from the period of Gerhard Rogge's mint administration.
Already valued and sought after typologically for years, as evidenced by an auction of Chelminski's collection, where in 1904 a two-coin was sold for 125 marks in gold (lot.871).
An attractive, healthy piece. Mint disc crack (effect of stamp pressure). Even patina of the former collection and natural, nice surface. No defects or acquisition flaws.
Silver, diameter 52 mm, weight 56.36 g.
