Selected piece in mint fresh condition, sharp relief, excellent detail.
The second highest NGC grade ever given for this troyak.
A distinctive, rarer type of trojak with the date 15 III 96 at the top.
At the bottom of the reverse, the mintmark of Daniel Koste - a lion pierced with a hook, next to the Chalecki coat of arms.
An undescribed punctuation variant in the Iger catalog.
For the best collections - an excellent piece.
Obverse: bust of Sigismund III Vasa, wearing crown and armor, with tubular orifice, to the right, in the rim legend with punctuation
SIG III D G - REX PO M D L;
Reverse: Coats of arms of the Eagle of the Crown, the Sheaf of the Vasa dynasty and the Pogo of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, below it the date 15 - 96 punctuated by III, the legend in two lines with punctuation GROS ARG/TRIP M D L, below it the Chalecki coat of arms and themint mark "lion pierced with a hook" of Daniel Koste;
