The first vintage of Danzig sixpences - a very rare, highest denomination among the silver circulation coins of Sigismund I.
An impressive coin, wide for its time, it appeared when monetary circulation was dominated by half-pennies, which had been issued for years, and pennies introduced by Sigismund.
Sixpences, until the advent of the first of the Vasa dynasty on the Polish throne, constitute a high and valuable denomination. Their issuance is only periodic. This coin of high purchasing power, under Sigismund I the Old, is minted in the Crown in only two years, in Lithuania not at all. In municipal mints, its issuance is also small. In the case of Gdańsk, there are only two vintages (1535 and 1539), and only three types are distinguished. The present one is the second of these, distinguished by the letter D (from DANTISCUM) and the VI denomination on the reverse.
All of the sixpences of this ruler are very rare and highly valued collectors today.
Obverse: bust of the king in armor and crown to the right. In the rim:
SIGISMVN○P○REX○POLO○DO○TOCI○PRVSS*.
Reverse: two lions holding a cartouche with the city shield of Gdansk, above it the letter D and the numeral VI. In the rim:
GROSS-AR-SEX DVP○CIVIT○DANCZK○1535*.
