Talar koronny - Stanisław August Poniatowski Warszawa mint

The talar koronny of 1771 was struck at a moment when the Commonwealth was effectively under Russian military occupation — Russian troops had been stationed across Poland since 1767, and the Sejm itself had been coerced at gunpoint into passing legislation favorable to St. Petersburg. Poniatowski, elected king in 1764 through Catherine II's direct intervention, had little genuine sovereignty over monetary policy or much else. That silver talers continued to be struck at all reflects the persistence of Polish treasury operations despite the political paralysis.

Kopicki 2462 and 2463 represent distinct die variants of this issue, differentiated primarily by details in the crown and border arrangement — worth separating in any serious collection of the type.