Sigismund III Vasa, 1500s Medieval Europe, rare SILVER Start Price USD 39.00 Current Price USD 39.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, July 07, 2008 End Time Monday, July 14, 2008 Location Little Current, Ontario See more about 'Sigismund III Vasa, 1500s Medieval Europe, rare SILVER' Description Silver coin of medieval King Sigismund III Vasa, excellent detail legend image fully readable. 3 Groshen coin issued in 1598. Check historical info below at the bottom of the page:   King Sigismund III Vasa of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund of Sweden (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632 N.S.), was the son of Sweden's King John III (1537 – 1592) of the House of Vasa, and his first wife, Catherine Jagiellon (1526 – 1583). Sigismund owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Sigismund ruled the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where he was known as Zygmunt III Waza, 1587 – 1632, and Sweden, where he was known as Sigismund Vasa, from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. Thus he began and ended his kingship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, spending thirty eight years of his forty-five year reign, on the Polish-Lithuanian throne. Elected to the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sigismund sought to create a personal union between the Commonwealth and Sweden (Polish-Swedish union). After he had been deposed from the Swedish throne, he spent much of his time attempting to reclaim it. His reign initiated a series of wars between the Commonwealth and Sweden that would continue until the 1660s. Due to his failure to achieve anything of lasting importance apart from setting the stage for future devastating wars, some historians, such as Pawe? Jasienica, regard his reign as marking the beginning of the end of the Polish Golden Age. He was commemorated on the striking of Zygmunt's Column in Warsaw.   Place a Bid!