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Półgrosz koronny - Stanisław August Poniatowski Kraków mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1766-1768 |
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| Value | 1/2 Groschen (Półgrosz) (1⁄60) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a large denomination inscription arranged in four horizontal lines across the central field, reading '1/2 GROSSUS REG.POL.' with the mint mark letter 'G' (for Kraków) centered at the bottom of the field. Two small decorative floral or foliate ornaments flank the fraction '1/2' at the top of the inscription. The bold, upright Roman lettering fills the flan in a straightforward typographical composition with a milled border encircling the entire reverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The półgrosz was reintroduced as part of the sweeping monetary reform of 1766, driven largely by Poniatowski's finance commission attempting to rationalize a currency system that had become chaotic through decades of foreign imitations and debased foreign coppers flooding Polish markets. The Kraków mint, long subordinate to Warsaw in this period, struck these in relatively limited runs across the three-year window before the reform's copper coinage was itself reconsidered.
The 1766–1768 issues span the earliest phase of Poniatowski's reign, when the First Partition was still six years off and monetary standardization seemed a plausible goal.