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1/5 Gulden - Marshal Lefebvre French Occupation, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Danzig, City of |
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| Year | 1808-1809 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Danzig — two crosses pattée in pale beneath a crown — supported by two rampant lions facing inward, each with tail raised. Above the shield, crossed antlers and a laurel sprig form a decorative crest. The date 1809 appears in the exergue below a horizontal rule. The entire design is contained within a wavy cable border running along the rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Danzig fell to Napoleon's forces in 1807 after a two-month siege, and the city was reconstituted as a nominally free republic under French protection — with Marshal François-Joseph Lefebvre installed as its first duc. These trial strikes were produced during the brief window when French authorities were negotiating a new monetary framework for the city, before settling on the gulden coinage that would define Danzig's Napoleonic-era currency. The existence of multiple Koppmann reference numbers suggests at least two distinct die pairs were tested, a common practice when a mint was establishing production parameters under new political administration.