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Półtalar koronny - Stanisław August Poniatowski Warszawa mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1771 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Stanisław August Poniatowski facing right, his hair elaborately dressed and tied with a ribbon at the nape, rendered in high relief with fine engraving characteristic of the Warsaw Mint. The portrait is positioned centrally within a wide, flat field. The circumferential Latin legend reads STANISLAUS AUGUSTUS D.G. REX POLON. M.D. LITU., separated by a dot at the base, running from lower left to lower right along the inner rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The półtalar of 1771 falls squarely within the period of the First Partition's gestation — Russia, Prussia, and Austria were already in quiet negotiation by this point, and Poniatowski's government was effectively a client administration operating under Russian military occupation. The Warsaw mint continued striking silver coinage as though normal governance persisted, a fiction both the king and his creditors found convenient.
The ParM#1267a reference places this within Plage-Majewski's classification of crown coinage, a catalog notorious among Polish specialists for inconsistent die attribution. Kop#2430 is the more trusted anchor here.