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Dwudukat gdański - August III Sas Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1760-1763 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gdańsk retained extraordinary municipal autonomy throughout the Commonwealth period, including the right to strike gold coinage in its own name — a privilege jealously defended and periodically renegotiated with successive Polish kings. These ducats were produced during the final years of August III's reign, when Saxon influence over Polish monetary policy had already begun to erode under pressure from the Czartoryski faction pushing for broader reform. The city mint operated under the authority of the municipal council, not the royal treasury.
The Kopicki references span three distinct die pairings across the issue years, each catalogued separately due to differences in mint mark placement and legend spacing.