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Dwutalar - August II Mocny Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1706 |
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| Weight | 57.60 g |
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| Reverse description | Central crowned quartered shield of arms displaying the combined heraldic devices of Saxony and Poland-Lithuania, surrounded by six smaller armorial escutcheons arranged symmetrically in the field. A royal crown surmounts the central shield. The date 1706 appears in the lower portion of the field below the central arms. A continuous Latin legend circles the entire design, recording the ruler's imperial and electoral dignities. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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1706 was not a year in which Augustus II held meaningful authority over Poland. Charles XII of Sweden had driven him from the throne the previous year, and the Treaty of Altranstädt, signed in September 1706, formally forced his abdication in favor of the Swedish-backed Stanisław Leszczyński. This piece was struck at Dresden — not a Polish mint — because Augustus retained control of his Saxon electorate even as his Polish crown slipped away. A coin minted in Saxony, denominated for a Commonwealth he no longer ruled, by a king whose abdication was being finalized as the dies were cut.