Poland 1823-IB 2 zlote
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This specimen was lot 1159 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND: Alexander I, 1815-1825, AR 2 zlote, 1823, Russian occupation, a few scarcely noticeable hairlines, AU, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." Two złote equaled thirty kopeks or sixty groszy. This type was struck 1819-25. After the revolt of 1831, the regime dropped all pretense of respecting Polish liberties and embarked on an intensive (tho fruitless) program of Russification. Russian coinage for Poland ended in 1841 altho the Warsaw mint remained operating until the 1850's.
Recorded mintage: 445,891.
Specification: 9.09 g, 0.593 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM C99b.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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