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Trojak toruński - Stanisław August Poniatowski Toruń mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1764-1765 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the elaborately interlaced royal cypher of Stanisław August Poniatowski — the conjoined monogram SAR (Stanislaus Augustus Rex) — surmounted by a royal crown with arched bands and prominent cross finial. The date is split across the field, with '17' to the left and '65' to the right of the monogram. The coin is bordered by a continuous beaded inner circle, with no additional legend on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Toruń trojak of 1764–65 was among the first coins struck under Poniatowski, who had been placed on the throne largely through the intervention of Catherine II and the backing of Russian troops still stationed on Commonwealth soil at the time of his election. The mint at Toruń — one of the few functioning with any reliability in this period — was pressed into service almost immediately, partly to assert the new reign's administrative coherence at a moment when that coherence was genuinely in doubt.
Billon coinage of this type circulated hard and wore fast. Survivors in anything above Fine are uncommon.