Danzig 1763-REOE 30 groszy
This specimen was lot 76652 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. Danzig. 30 Groszy, 1763. August III. PCGS VF-35." This type was struck 1762-63 by the elector of Saxony for the kingdom of Poland and was called there a Złotówka gdańska. It is very scarce. Augustus III was the third Saxon to be king of Poland but left Polish affairs to his viceroy while he patronized opera in Dresden. On his death in 1763, his son succeeded to the electorate but the Russians installed Stanisław August Poniatowski as king of Poland, to the gain of Saxony, which was now severed from the anarchy in Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.85 g, 0.500 fine silver, 33 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-119; Kop-7780.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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