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Talar koronny - August II Mocny Lipsk mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1702 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large crowned shield bearing the quartered arms of Poland and Saxony, with the date 1702 prominently placed in the upper field flanking the crown. The surrounding circular Latin legend references his additional titles as Duke of Saxony and Elector, reading SAX IU LECT DUX around the periphery, with additional abbreviated electoral and ducal titles completing the inscription. |
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1702 was not a year of stable minting for the Commonwealth. The Great Northern War had brought Swedish forces deep into Polish territory — Charles XII would depose Augustus II in 1704 — and the Leipzig (Lipsk) mint was operating under the Wettin administration rather than on Polish soil. This talar was struck in Saxony precisely because Augustus could not reliably control his own kingdom's infrastructure. A Polish crown coin produced in a German city by a king who would soon be a king in exile.