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5 Groszy - Frederick Augustus I I.B.
| Issuer | Duchy of Warsaw Mint |
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| Year | 1811-1812 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the quartered coat of arms of the Duchy of Warsaw, combining the Saxon arms (barry of ten with a crancelin) on the dexter half with the Polish White Eagle on the sinister half. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown rendered in high relief with beaded detail. Flanking the shield on both sides are crossed palm or laurel branches, their fronds sweeping outward and downward to meet beneath the escutcheon. The plain field carries no legend. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Duchy of Warsaw was a French client state carved out of Prussian and Austrian partition territories following Napoleon's victories at Jena and Austerlitz, and its coinage was issued under Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, who held the title of Duke by Napoleon's direct appointment. The mint mark I.B. identifies the Warsaw engraver and mintmaster Jan Beyer, who oversaw production during the duchy's short-lived existence.
The duchy itself collapsed after Napoleon's Russian disaster in 1812, absorbed into Russian-controlled Congress Poland by 1815. Coins struck in the final year of this issue were circulating in a political entity that had, in practical terms, already ceased to function.