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6 Groszy Siege of Zamość
| Issuer | Zamość, City of |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Weight | 11.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Plain field with no central device, bearing four lines of boldly struck Latin-script text distributed across the face: PIENIADZ / W OBLEZENIU / ZAMOSCIA / 1813, denoting this as emergency siege money issued at Zamość in 1813. The lettering is large, deeply incuse-struck in a simple utilitarian style befitting a wartime necessity issue, with no decorative border or inner circle. |
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| Mintage | 1813 - AKS# 202 - 1,330 1813 - AKS# 203; Without text on reverse; mintage included above - 1813 - AKS# 204; Without text and branches on reverse; mintage included above - |
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Zamość held out against Russian siege for over a year during the Napoleonic Wars — the garrison under General Maurycy Hauke refused to capitulate until late 1813, well after Napoleon's catastrophic Russian campaign had effectively ended Polish military resistance everywhere else. Cut off from outside supply, the town struck its own emergency copper coinage to pay troops and sustain internal commerce. The multiple AKS reference numbers reflect documented die varieties produced under field conditions, not a single controlled mint run.