Majnert's forgery of the crown thaler, Sigismund I the Old (King of Poland; 1506–1548). Obverse: Bust of Sigismund I in a coif, crown and armor, turned right, surrounded by a laurel wreath and five shields with the coats of arms of Poland, Austria, Prussia, Ruthenia and Lithuania; inscription in the rim: SIGISM.-.P.REX.PO-LONIE M-.D.LITHV-&:15 33. Reverse: Bust of Sigismund Augustus in a coif, crown and armor, surrounded by a laurel wreath and five coats of arms: Poland, Sforza, Ruthenia, Prussia and Lithuania; inscription around the rim: SIG:AVG:-:SECVND:- FILIVS:-REX.PO-LON.& C. 1533. Poland

15 33, 1506-1548, 1533, areas, armor, arms, austria, avg, bust, center, central portrait, circular metallic object, clothing, coats, coif, coin, coin edge, color palette, crown, crown thaler, crowned person, darker brownish tones, darker tarnish, designs, diameter 42.3 mm, emblems, embossed, embossed profile, facing, filivs, five coats, five shields, gray, grime, inscription, king, laurel wreath, lithuania, majnerts forgery, obverse, old, patches, poland, prussia, raised circular border containing, raised decorative details, reverse, right, rim, ruthenia, secvnd, sequence, sforza, shield, showing, sig, sigismund augustus, sigismund i, silver, small decorative motifs, surrounded, surrounding, turned right, varied, weight 26.70 g, worn silver surface,