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Dwuzłotówka koronna / 8 Groszy - August III Sas Lipsk mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1761 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Centrally placed crowned quartered shield of arms, displaying the Polish eagle and Lithuanian Pursuer in opposing quarters, with the Saxon barry escutcheon over all at the centre, the whole enclosed within two crossed palm branches. The denomination '8.GR' appears in an ornamental cartouche at the base of the shield. The circumferential Latin legend, incorporating the date 1761, runs between the beaded inner border and the toothed outer rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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By 1761, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's coinage had become a political embarrassment. August III — Elector of Saxony first, King of Poland second — delegated monetary affairs almost entirely to his minister Heinrich von Brühl, whose administration ran the Leipzig mint as a revenue operation rather than a public service. The result was systematic debasement: these coins were struck well below their nominal silver standard, a fact contemporary merchants knew and priced accordingly.
Kopicki 2124 places this among the late Leipzig issues, struck just three years before August III's death ended the Saxon dynasty's grip on the Polish throne entirely.