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1/2 Talara wikariackiego - August II Mocny Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1711 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features two rampant lions as heraldic supporters flanking a crowned electoral shield, each lion holding a sword and an orb respectively, rendered in bold Baroque relief. Above the central group, the legend reads FRID AUG REX ELECTOR in two lines across the upper field. Below the lions, a multi-line inscription in the lower field reads VICARIUS / POST MORT IOSEPHI / IMPERAT / MDCCXI / I L H, commemorating Augustus II's role as Imperial Vicar following the death of Emperor Joseph I. The entire design is contained within a plain inner field with reeded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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August II's Saxon treasury was under severe strain in 1711 — the Great Northern War had dragged on for over a decade, and Poland's territory had served as a battlefield between Swedish and Russian forces for years. Coinage from the Dresden mint during this period was financed largely through Saxon rather than Commonwealth revenues, blurring the line between Polish royal issue and Saxon electoral currency. The half-talar denomination itself was a practical concession to the depleted silver supply.
Kopicki 11107 is among the scarcer August II fractions. Dresden-struck Polish-denomination pieces of this period were not widely circulated in Poland proper.