Mint piece of the second annual thalers of the Duchy of Warsaw.
The background with a mirror preserved on both sides, the reverse with a pleasant clock luster.
The surface is excellent, undisputedly mint.
Piece with the second highest grade in the NGC registry and only one piece graded higher.
In our opinion harshly graded, probably due to natural sheet flaws on the portrait side.
A beautiful coin, rare in the condition presented, incidentally seen at auctions in Poland and abroad, especially with MS grade from NGC. Piece for the best collections of coins of the Duchy of Warsaw.
Obverse: head of Prince Frederick August to the right with hair tied with a ribbon
FRID AVG REX SAX DVX VARSOV
Reverse: crowned two-field shield with the Polish Eagle and the coat of arms of Saxony, encircled by palm branches, above separated by a crown the date 18-12, below the branches initials I-B of Jakub Benik, below the name of the nom de plume TALAR
In 1807, the Duchy of Warsaw was formed from part of the lands of the Prussian partition, which was created by the Treaty of Tilsit, signed on July 7 and 9, 1807 by the French Empire, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. The creation of the Duchy of Warsaw was made possible by the victories of Napoleon Bonaparte's troops over the forces of the anti-French coalition. Another extremely important factor was the success of the Greater Poland Uprising, which broke out in the Prussian partition in 1806. The first ruler of the Duchy of Warsaw was Frederick Augustus, a king very much dependent on the Kingdom of Saxony. In 1810, at his behest, the Warsaw Mint resumed its operations, minting gold, silver and copper coins until about 1815.
