A natural circulated example of this issue. Fairly well preserved details.
Danzig pennies are by far one of the most popular subjects among collectors of Sigismund the Old's coins, second only in principle to Lithuanian half-pennies. The numerous varieties and variants recently described by Grzegorz Romanczyk mean that, despite their apparent similarity, collectors here have plenty of room to search for new objects for their collections.
On the city page, an ink number from an old collection.
Obverse: in the pearl rim crowned coat of arms of Gdansk, in the outer rim a legend beginning with a hook sign:
GROSSVS-CIVI-GEDANEN-1540;
Reverse: in the pearl rim a royal bust wearing a cap and crown, to the right, in the outer rim a legend beginning with a star:
SIGIS-I-REX-POLO-DO-TO-PRVS;
