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1 Grosz - Frederick Augustus I I.B.
| Issuer | Warsaw Mint |
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| Year | 1811-1814 |
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| Currency | Złoty (1807-1815) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered coat of arms of the Duchy of Warsaw, combining the Saxon barry with the Polish eagle, set within an oval shield surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is flanked on either side by symmetrical sprays of laurel or olive branches, their stems crossing at the base, lending the composition a heraldic and neoclassical character. No legend appears on the obverse, the entire design being devoted to the armorial device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Duchy of Warsaw existed for barely eight years, a Napoleonic creation that gave Poles a nominally autonomous state while binding them entirely to French imperial ambitions. This small copper issue was struck during the duchy's final years, as the catastrophic Russian campaign of 1812 unraveled the entire Napoleonic order in the east. By 1815 the Congress of Vienna had dissolved the duchy entirely, absorbed into the Russian-controlled Kingdom of Poland.
The I.B. initials denote the mint master Jan Benik, active at Warsaw through this period.