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| Emittent | Danzig, City of |
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| Jahr | 1812 |
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| Gewicht | 3.16 g |
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| Aversbeschreibung | The Danzig civic arms displayed on a crowned shield, supported by two rampant lions facing inward, each resting a forepaw on the shield. Above the shield, a laurel spray forms a crest. The date 1812 appears in large numerals in the exergue below the shield. A faint peripheral legend is visible in the field around the design. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The denomination EIN GROSCHEN inscribed in two bold lines at the centre of the field, enclosed within a raised dotted inner circle. Below the denomination, a crossed olive branch ornament appears with the mint mark M at its base. The circular legend DANZIGER KUPFER MUENZE runs around the outer periphery between the dotted circle and the coin's rim. |
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François Joseph Lefebvre was granted the Duchy of Danzig in 1807 following the city's siege and surrender, though he never actually governed it — the title was honorific, the revenue real, the administrative authority negligible. The Free City came under direct French control, and this trial strike dates to the period when Napoleon's continental system was already fracturing under the strain of the Russian campaign.
Gold trial strikes for base-metal circulation issues are rare survivors of the proofing process. Most were melted. That this one exists in gold at 3.16 g for a denomination worth a fraction of a pfennig tells you everything about how the occupation authorities spent their metallurgical budgets.