Poland 1768-IS 8 groszy
This specimen was lot 75312 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $732. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. 8 Groschen (2 Zlotych), 1768-IS. Warsaw Mint. Stanislaus Augustus. PCGS AU-58. This coin offers lustrous white argent fields and the merest hint of wear. Two small obverse flan flaws are noted for completeness. From the Collection of Kazmier Wysocki, former mayor of Hackensack, New Jersey." Stanislas Poniatowski, a former lover of Catherine the Great, was installed as her puppet king on the death of the Saxon August III. When he proved to be insufficiently pliant, the partitions began. This type was struck in substantial numbers at Warsaw 1766-82. One thaler = 8 złotych = 32 groszy. The reverse of this coin states "XL.EX MARCA PURA.COL. 8 GR.", or forty pieces per one Cologne mark. The convention thaler was one tenth of a Cologne mark.
Recorded mintage: 2,095,000 including mintmaster FS.
Specification: 9.35 g, 0.627 fine silver, 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-186.2; Kop-2391.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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