3 Polker - Friedrich Casimir Kettler Mitau

Features

Issuer Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Livonia)
Duke Frederick Casimir Kettler (Friedrich Kasimir Kettler) (1682-1698)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1687-1695
Value 3 Polker = 1⁄24 Thaler
Currency Thaler (1586-1795)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.02 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
87663
References Kop# 4066,
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych / Część 1.1. Teksty Poz. 1-7058. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne - Zarząd Główny, Warsaw, Poland.
And 3 more volumes.
Fed# 1044,
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий : Coin Identifier = Coins of the Baltic States of 14th - 18th centuries / Определитель монет. Valgus, Tallin, Estonia.
Neum# 314,
Erich Neumann; 1997. Die Münzen der westpreußischen und baltischen Städte unter polnischer bzw. schwedischer Oberhoheit. Self-published, Cologne, Germany.
KM# 9
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Crowned four-sectioned shield separating date and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRID · CAS · IN - L · CVR · ET · S · D
9 - 5
3

Translation:
Friedrich Casimir Livoniae Curlandiae Et Semigalliae Dux
Friedrich Casimir, Duke of Livonia, Courland, and Semigallia

Reverse

Cross on orb containing value and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IOH · III · D · G · REX · POL · M · D · L ·
24

Translation:
John III Dei Gratia Rex Poloniae Magnus Dux Lituaniae
John III, with God's grace, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Mitau, modern-day Jelgava, Latvia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1687  (16)87
1689  (16)89
1690  (16)90
1695  (16)95

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