Watch List notes:

POLAND, Monarchy. Jan II Kazimierz. 1648-1668. AV 3 Dukaty (35mm, 10.39 g, 12h). Presentation issue. Gdansk (Danzig) mint; Jan Horhn, die cutter. Struck circa 1650-1658. IOAN CASIM DG POL. & SuEC. REX., laureate and draped bust right; h below / น EX AURO SOLIDO CIVITAS GEDANENSIS · FF, view of city of Gdansk (Danzig); above, radiate tetragrammaton within pelleted cartouche; in exergue, royal coat-of-arms with leonine supporters. D&S, Gedanensis, –; Kopicki –; MP D 39; cf. KM 51.1; Friedberg 30. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. Very rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Irving K. Moskovitz Collection (Abner Kreisberg Corporation, 15 February 1977), lot 633.