Crown within inner circle, +REGIS : POLONIE ("Kingdom of Poland") // Eagle with wings spread, head left, within inner circle, +MONETA : SIGISMVNDI ("Coinage of Sigismund"). 18.5mm, 0.55 grams. Krakow mint. Kopicki 410 or similar.

Silver plated coin with a copper core. It is probably a contemporary imitation, made to pass as a real silver coin.

Sigismund I the Old was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty. Before ascending to the Polish and Lithuanian thrones, he was Duke of Głogów from 1499, Duke of Opava from 1501, and governor of Silesia from 1504 on behalf of his brother, King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.