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1 Schilling - Marshal Lefebvre French Occupation
| Issuer | Danzig, City of |
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| Year | 1808-1812 |
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| Thickness | 1.10 mm |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is expressed across the centre of the field in two lines: the Roman numeral 'I' in the upper field, flanked on either side by a six-petalled rosette, above the word 'SCHILLING' in large capital letters. Below the legend, two crossed olive branches curve symmetrically toward the lower field, terminating at the mint mark 'M' flanked by two small pellets in the exergual area. |
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| Mint | Danzig Mint |
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Danzig fell to Napoleon's forces in 1807 after a two-month siege, after which it was reconstituted as a nominally independent free city under French military administration. Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre, who commanded the siege, was rewarded with the title Duke of Danzig — largely a ceremonial honor, as the city's actual governance was tightly controlled by Paris. These copper schillings, struck under his nominal authority between 1808 and 1812, represent the municipal coinage of a city that had effectively ceased to govern itself.