Poland 1768-FS 8 groszy
This specimen was lot 5268 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POLEN, KÖNIGREICH, Stanislaus August, 1764-1795. 8 Silbergroschen (Doppelgulden) 1768, FS, Warschau. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (kingdom of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus, 1764-95, eight silver groschen or double gulden of 1768, Warsaw mint. Scarce in this quality, minor rim flaws, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1766-82. Stanislas August Poniatowski was the last king of independent Poland.
Recorded mintage: 2,095,000 (including mintmaster IS).
Specification: 9.35 g, 0.626 fine silver, this specimen 9.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 186.2, Kopicki 2390.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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