Watch List notes:

POLAND, Monarchy. August III Sas (the Saxon). 1734-1763. AV 'Solidus' (17mm, 1.23 g, 12h). Gdansk (Danzig) mint; Wilhelm Raths, mintmaster. Dated 1753. Crowned royal cipher / SOLID/CIVITAT/GEDAN in three lines; three rosettes above; below, civic arms flanked by W-R. Cf. Kopicki 7711 (for type); MP 1329f; KM Pn10 (Danzig); Friedberg –. VF, traces of deposits in devices, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel. Very rare off-metal strike in gold.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Virgil Brand Collection (Part 1, Sotheby's, 1 July 1982), lot 266.