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Półgrosz koronny - Stanisław August Poniatowski Warszawa mint
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Warsaw |
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| Year | 1775-1792 |
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| Value | 1/2 Groschen (Półgrosz) (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a fully legible denomination inscription arranged in four horizontal lines across the field: the fraction '1/2' at the top, flanked by two rosette ornaments; followed by 'GROSSUS' on the second line; 'REG. POL.' on the third line, denoting Regni Poloniae (Kingdom of Poland); and the mint-master's initials 'E.B.' at the base. The bold, well-spaced Latin lettering fills the field without a surrounding legend, presenting a clean and functional typographic design characteristic of late Polish royal coinage. |
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The półgrosz — half-grosz — was among the lowest denominations struck under Poniatowski, issued during a period when the Polish monetary system was being actively rationalized following decades of debasement under Saxon rule. The 1766 Monetary Ordinance had already restructured the coinage hierarchy; these copper pieces filled the everyday transactional gap that silver simply couldn't serve at scale.
Warsaw's copper output across this span shows die-link variations catalogued separately by Kopicki as 2169–2176, reflecting the long production run and multiple working die generations. The series ends abruptly with the Second Partition and the effective collapse of royal minting authority in 1792.