Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 50 Dukatów - Zygmunt III Waza, 1621

50 Ducats from Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Issued in 1621. Struck in Gold. Measures 67.2 mm and weighs 174.9 g.

Obverse

Bare-headed bust of the king r. wearing elaborate dress armor, a lion's head on his shoulder, and the Order of the Golden Fleece around his neck; All within a raised oak-leaf border. Behind the bust and near the beginning of the legend is a microdate "1621", beneath the bust are the tiny letters SA, the initials of the engraver Samuel Amman.

Reverse

Crowned and garnished Shield with the quartered Arms of Poland and Lithuania, a winged cherub head below, tiny mintmaster's initials II-VE flanking beneath the birds atop the garnish, with weak microdate 16-21 and engraver's initials S-A below within the shield's garnish. At its center is a smaller shield with the quartered Arms of Sweden and Gotland, Vasa Arms at its center; all within a finely detailed Order of the Golden Fleece chain;