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18th Century Polish Grosz- A Dirt Find?

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 Posted 12/24/2009  9:44 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Archraz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I pulled this old Grosz out of a junk box, and it is obviously not the in best condition. It appears to have rough surfaces due to having been buried, but I am not certain how well these were struck to begin with. Were these rather well struck, or, much like Russian coins of the period, were these rather crude? Keeping this in mind, how would you grade this one?

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 Posted 08/27/2010  7:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pertinax to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The monogram is of Stanislaw August Poniatowski, king of Poland from 1764 to 1795.

I would grade this Fair (UK terms)/ VG (US terms)/B (Beau) (French terms).

The 1 grosz coins of this series are usually well struck, and are findable though scarce in mint condition.

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 Posted 08/29/2010  5:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DagonX to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi!

I'll only add that "MV" under the coat of arms means "Monetaria Varsoviensis" (mint in Warsaw), and was used in 1791-1795.

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