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3 Groats - Sigismund II Augustus Monogram; no shield reverse
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1562 |
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| Composition | Silver (.875) |
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| Obverse lettering | ✤ SIGIS ⋆ AVG ⋆ REX ⋆ POL ⋆ MAG ⋆ DVX ⋆ LI |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 1562 Lithuanian three-groat issue falls within Sigismund II Augustus's systematic currency reform of the 1560s, an effort to rationalize coinage across the Polish-Lithuanian union ahead of the 1569 Lublin unification. The monogram reverse without a shield is a transitional variant — the shield had appeared on earlier Lithuanian issues as a marker of dynastic authority, and its absence here reflects an evolving negotiation over how Lithuanian identity would be expressed on shared coinage.
Kopicki 3304 is notably scarcer than the shield-bearing types from the same year, likely reflecting a shorter production window rather than lower official mintages.