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10 Groszy - Nikolai I Warszawa mint
| Issuer | Warsaw Mint |
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| Year | 1826-1841 |
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| Value | 10 Groszy (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle displayed, with both heads crowned and surmounted by a single large imperial crown above. The eagle bears a heraldic shield on its breast depicting St. George and the Dragon, surrounded by additional quarterings representing the various dominions of the Russian Empire. The spread wings carry further subsidiary escutcheons along their length. The mint mark 'M W' (Mennica Warszawska — Warsaw Mint) appears in the lower field beneath the eagle's tail feathers, flanking either side. No peripheral legend is present; the design fills the field to the inner rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 GROSZY 1840 |
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Struck under Russian imperial administration of the Congress Kingdom of Poland, these coins were produced at the Warszawa mint during a period of severe political repression following the failed November Uprising of 1830. After the revolt was crushed, Tsar Nicholas I stripped Poland of its constitution and dramatically curtailed the kingdom's autonomy — yet the Warsaw mint continued operating, producing coinage that bore Polish nomenclature under the authority of a tsar who had effectively ended Polish self-governance. The billon alloy, barely a fifth silver, reflects deliberate debasement of the subsidiary coinage.