The most beautiful, in our opinion, Torun orth from the 1662 vintage offered on the auction market over the last 20 years.
Selected, with sharp plastic relief and mint luster.
The highest NGC grading of any piece given to date - moreover, the only piece so highly graded.
Variety with the new notation ET.SVE instead of &.SVE in the king's titulary and the correct name of the city THORVNENSIS.
Royal portrait narrower, with the mantle fastened with a small knot.
A great rarity in such excellent state of preservation - to the finest collections.
Obverse: in the rope border an angel holding an oval cartouche with the coat of arms of Toruń, separating the date 16-62, below which are the initials of HD-L mincmaster and mint manager - Hans David Lauer, in the outer border the legend:
*MONETA-NOVA-CIV(18)THORVNENSIS;
Reverse: in the linear border a royal bust in armor, with a visible collar, wearing a monarch's cloak, to the right, with the Order of the Golden Fleece on a chain, in the outer border the legend: IOAN:CAS-D:G:R-POL-ET-SVE-M-DL-R-P-;