1/3 Talara / Półgulden - August II Mocny Drezno mint

These fractions were struck at Dresden — not in Poland — during the Great Northern War, when Swedish forces under Charles XII occupied much of the Commonwealth and rendered Polish mints either unsafe or inaccessible. Augustus II, having been deposed in favor of Stanisław Leszczyński in 1706 under Swedish pressure, continued striking coins in Saxony as a political assertion of his still-contested kingship. The Kopicki references span three consecutive numbers, reflecting die variation across the production run rather than distinct emission years.