The first sixpence of the city of Wschowa - a very rare, broad, striking issue.
The early sixpences of King Sigismund III from 1595-1596, with the exception of the large Malbork issue, are rare today, and catalog makers value them in unison at grades from R4 to R8 (this one R7). These are coins that, like other early issues of this ruler, as the silver content decreased in subsequent years, weakening the denominations, were caught and remelted, naturally deteriorating during their long years in circulation.
In its history, Wschowa minted sixpences only occasionally. There were only a few mintages during the reign of Sigismund and one during his son, John Casimir. All of them are today among great rarities.
The present one, the oldest, is a coin from the period when the lease over the mint was taken over by Herman Rudiger, whose mark - a rose - is found on the reverse. It is accompanied by the sign of the russet (by Andrzej Lauffert) and the Lewart coat of arms (by Jan Firlej, Grand Treasurer of the Crown).
