Danzig token from the time of Sigismund II Augustus.
Economical in form - decorated only with the city's coat of arms flanked by the date (15-56).
One hypothesis regarding their purpose, was to control strangers in the city. They were to be issued by the City Council and handed out in the form of a "visa", until they left Gdansk.
Lead, diameter 20 mm, weight 6.90 g.
