Poland, Jan Kazimierz (1649-1668), token commemorating the victory at the Battle of Beresteczko 1651, 19th century collector's copy.
Av. In a laurel wreath fastened in 4 places with crowns the inscription: HOC/NEXV/1651; rv. inscription: VICTORI/SCYTAR & REBEL./AVGVSTO/SERENIS. & POENTIS./IOANNI CASIMIRO/D.G. POLONIAE REGI M.D.L./TVM &/ SVEC. GOTH.VAND/HAERED.REGI./D.D.
Silver, 4.32 g, 29.7 mm. Hutten-Czapski 1968 (R3), Raczynski 133.
Condition II-, rubbed but very nicely preserved.
A very interesting numismat which is most likely an old collector's copy of a token minted in Lübeck (and not Beresteczko, as auction houses usually state), by Polish MPs residing there. At the same time, Swedish deputies were staying there, who were greatly outraged by the titularity of John Casimir as king of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals. The offered token was, in our opinion, made in the 19th century (it is undoubtedly old - a few small protuberances resulting from corrosive processes in the structure of the metal sheet are visible on the obverse), like probably all other specimens of this type that have appeared several times on auctions of WCN, Marciniak, WDA-MiM and Salon Numizmatyczny Wójcicki. In terms of workmanship, it clearly differs from the undoubted original, located in the collection of the Museum at the Royal Castle in Warsaw (inv. no. ZKW.N.47.). Despite this, a rare and sought-after item on the collector's market.
