A beautiful, mint piece appreciated with the second highest NGC grading among the pieces given so far.
A rare variety with the legend ending in PRVS without the M.
Obverse: Half-figure of Sigismund III Vasa facing right. The epaulet with a decorative stripe running through the center. Wing without rosettes. four-bar crown. apple with two jewel bands. Lower hemisphere without decoration. The king holds a rapier with two shavings in his hand. Linear sash. Wide sash visible as a series of longitudinal thickenings with ends formed of pearls. Breastplate with three belts with rectangular buttons. The narrow chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece contains links made up of a flint containing two bails with ends wrapped inward and oblong pins. Both belts of the apple jewels contain crosses. A large bow with four ribbons and two small knots. In the outer rim the legend:
+SIGIS:III-D:G:REX-POL:M:D:LI:RVS:PRVS+;
Reverse: a five-field escutcheon with the coats of arms of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Coat of Arms of the House of Vasa, crowned with a crown with an open rim with numerous jewels, surmounted by a royal apple; On the sides of the escutcheon the date 16-24 and labrys in the shape of snails, in a linear border, in the outer rim the legend punctuated by the coat of arms of Sas Treasurer Mikolaj Danilowicz in an ornamental shield:
SAM-LIV.NEC-N SV-GOT-VAN Q-HRI R;
