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Półtalar koronny - Stanisław August Poniatowski Warszawa mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1771 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a large ornate strongbox or treasury chest, rendered in detailed relief with decorative studs, hinges, and arched panels, shown resting on a ground line and emitting billowing flames and smoke from its top, symbolizing the destruction of fraud or counterfeit coinage. The Latin motto VINCIT FRAUDEM arcs across the upper field, and the date 1771 appears in the lower exergue beneath the ground line. The composition alludes to the monetary reforms and anti-counterfeiting measures undertaken during the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. |
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| Reverse lettering | VINCIT FRAUDEM 1771 |
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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.