The tymf was a debased silver denomination introduced in the Commonwealth during the mid-seventeenth century, its name derived from the Kraków merchant Andreas Tymf who contracted its production. By 1763, the coin had long been regarded with suspicion by the population — decades of underweight and alloy-adulterated issues had made tymfs synonymous with monetary fraud. This particular Elbląg example comes from the final year of Augustus III's reign; he died in October of that year, making late-1763 strikings the last of his coinage from that mint.
Kop. 7194 is among the final tymf issues before the denomination was effectively abandoned under Stanisław August Poniatowski.
The tymf was a debased silver denomination introduced in the Commonwealth during the mid-seventeenth century, its name derived from the Kraków merchant Andreas Tymf who contracted its production. By 1763, the coin had long been regarded with suspicion by the population — decades of underweight and alloy-adulterated issues had made tymfs synonymous with monetary fraud. This particular Elbląg example comes from the final year of Augustus III's reign; he died in October of that year, making late-1763 strikings the last of his coinage from that mint.
Kop. 7194 is among the final tymf issues before the denomination was effectively abandoned under Stanisław August Poniatowski.