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Augustdor koronny - August III Sas Lipsk

Features

Issuer Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
King Augustus III (1734-1763)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1753-1758
Value 5 Thalers (Pięciotalar) (40)
Currency First Zloty (1573-1795)
Composition Gold
Weight 6.62 g
Diameter 23 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
125759
References Kop# 2149-2153
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).
, Fr# 2859
Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (8 volumes).

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT 1755
E-C
5 TH

Mint

Leipzig, Germany

Comments

Kopicki 2149 1753
Kopicki 2150 1754

Kopicki 2151

D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT 1755
Price: 9 000 PLN
Picture: © ANMN



Kopicki 2151; Kahnt 669; H-Cz. 2891; Kaleniecki s. 502; Parchimowicz 1326 b

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 EFRAIMEK - fake coin

 Veitel Heine Ephraim (1703 – 16 May 1775 in Berlin) Jew jeweller in the Prussian Court, an entrepreneur in Potsdam and since 1756 Prussian Mint Master under Frederick the Great. He and his companion Daniel Itzig became infamous for debasing the Polish - Saxonian currency, adding copper, up to 70%, into the fake coins (Ephraimiten). Each year they paid Frederick the Great seignorage, ableing him to finance the Seven Years' War.


Efraimek of Kopicki 2151


D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT 1755
Price: 4 000 PLN
Picture: © ANMN





Kopicki 2152

Punch 1:

D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT 1756
Price: 5 500 PLN
Picture: © Antykwariat Numizmatyczny - Michał Niemczyk






Punch 2:
D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT 1756
Price: 26 000 PLN
Picture: © Antykwariat Numizmatyczny - Michał Niemczyk




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 EFRAIMEK - fake coin

 Veitel Heine Ephraim (1703 – 16 May 1775 in Berlin) Jew jeweller in the Prussian Court, an entrepreneur in Potsdam and since 1756 Prussian Mint Master under Frederick the Great. He and his companion Daniel Itzig became infamous for debasing the Polish - Saxonian currency, adding copper, up to 70%, into the fake coins (Ephraimiten). Each year they paid Frederick the Great seignorage, ableing him to finance the Seven Years' War.


Efraimek of Kopicki 2152



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Kopicki 2153 1758


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 EFRAIMEK - fake coin

 Veitel Heine Ephraim (1703 – 16 May 1775 in Berlin) Jew jeweller in the Prussian Court, an entrepreneur in Potsdam and since 1756 Prussian Mint Master under Frederick the Great. He and his companion Daniel Itzig became infamous for debasing the Polish - Saxonian currency, adding copper, up to 70%, into the fake coins (Ephraimiten). Each year they paid Frederick the Great seignorage, ableing him to finance the Seven Years' War.


Efraimek of Kopicki 2153
Punch 1:

D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT 1758
Price: 11 000 PLN
Picture: © ANMN

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1753  Kop# 2149
1754  Kop# 2150
1755  Kop# 2151
1755  Kop# 2151 Efraimek
1756  Kop# 2152 Efraimek
1756  Kop# 2152 Punch 1
1756  Kop# 2152 Punch 2
1758  Kop# 2153
1758  Kop# 2153 Efraimek

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