v37_1170 - Essai du Groschen en argent 1812 Dantzig VG.1906

Essai du Groschen en argent 1812 Dantzig VG.1906 AU

MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 780.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 1 420.00 €

Type : Essai du Groschen en argent

Date: 1812

Mint name / Town : Dantzig

Quantity minted : ---

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 700 ‰

Diameter : 20,71 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,98 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Quelques petites marques de manipulation dans les champs mais superbe frappe, bien centrée, et recouverte d’une magnifique patine de collection aux reflets mordorés

Catalogue references :

VG.1906 - DP.1175 var.

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. R. de Dijon

Obverse

Obverse description : Armes couronnées soutenues par deux lions ; à l’exergue 1812.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DANTZIGER KUFFER MUNZEN.

Reverse description : Dans un cercle de grènetis : EIN/ GROSCHEN ; en-dessous deux palmes et M.

Commentary

Exemplaire en frappe monnaie.

Historical background

POLAND - GRAND-DUCHY OF WARSAW - FRENCH OCCUPATION OF DANZIG

(1807-1813)

The Grand Duchy of Warsaw is a Polish state created by Napoleon from Polish lands taken over from the Kingdom of Prussia following the Treaty of Tilsitt of July 7, 1807. King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, a loyal ally of Napoleon, became Duke of this state whose area in 1809 was 155,000 km² and had a population of 4,300,000. A very militarized state and emptied of its wealth to support the French war effort on which its survival depends, the country must bear the burden of a colossal French garrison. The Polish armed forces are led by Józef Poniatowski. In 1812, the Poles wanted the duchy to be elevated to the rank of kingdom and for the Lithuanian territories liberated by Napoleon to be attached to it, but the Emperor, out of prudence, made no clear promise..

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