Stanisław Leszczyński holds the unusual distinction of having been King of Poland twice — deposed after his first reign by Augustus II following the Great Northern War, then reinstated briefly under Swedish pressure before losing the throne a second time after Charles XII's defeat at Poltava in 1709. He spent the remainder of his long life as Duke of Lorraine, where he became a notable Enlightenment patron and founded what would become the University of Nancy.
This two-ounce gold issue belongs to NBP's ongoing Kings and Princes of Poland series, which has run across multiple decades and issuing authorities.
Stanisław Leszczyński holds the unusual distinction of having been King of Poland twice — deposed after his first reign by Augustus II following the Great Northern War, then reinstated briefly under Swedish pressure before losing the throne a second time after Charles XII's defeat at Poltava in 1709. He spent the remainder of his long life as Duke of Lorraine, where he became a notable Enlightenment patron and founded what would become the University of Nancy.
This two-ounce gold issue belongs to NBP's ongoing Kings and Princes of Poland series, which has run across multiple decades and issuing authorities.