Tysschen Thaler Público Deposited
Danzig was the first of the Prussian cities to strike a Thaler. Of the originals, issued in 1567, but two specimens are known. One of these is in the Gymnasium at Danzig, and the other in the St. Petersburg collection. About 1840 the consul Tys at Warsaw acquired the original die of the reverse, and it is said had sixteen copies with new obverses made, which are called Tysschen Thaler after him.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)