The rarest two-denomination two-zloty partition coin, which Berezowski valued at 25.00 zlotys (other vintages valued between 3 and 5 zlotys).
After the fall of the November Uprising, the Kingdom of Poland is affected by numerous repercussions, also manifested in monetary policy. A tsarist decree of December 3, 1831 ordered that insurgent coins be taken out of circulation, while in order to "tighten ties" between the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire in the financial field, the tsar ordered the minting of the first Polish-Russian double-denomination coins. These were St. Petersburg zlotys equal to 15 kopecks. In Warsaw, the first such coins left the mint in 1834, marking the first, major, step towards the transition to ruble issuance.
The coin was minted in an edition of only 23,600 pieces. Very low, considering that subsequent mintages were minted in mintages of millions.
An exquisite mint piece. Deep mirror, beautiful patina and sharp detail.
The finest piece from this vintage we have ever seen.
The highest and only graded piece in the NGC grading (the second and last piece with an MS grade was graded at MS61, it sold in 2019 at the 9th GNDM auction at the Royal Castle for £14,950).
