Circulating Prussian fals.
A coin minted in wicked silver, it first appeared in Polish circulation in Greater Poland on October 15, 1770. According to Friedrich von. Schrőter the counterfeiting of gold coins continued until 1772, which was also confirmed by E. Bannicke. Thus, we are dealing with a production of only two years. Uncashed coins were circulating, as exemplified by the relatively numerous pieces of these coins in circulating condition known from the auction market.
Obverse: head to the right, in the rim the legend:
STANISLAUS AUG.D.G.REX POL.M.D.L.;
Reverse: crowned five-field escutcheon with the coats of arms of the Crown, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Ciołek coat of arms of the Poniatowskis, in a laurel wreath. Lower the initials of Frederick Sylma - FS and the denomination mark 4.GR., in the rim the legend:
LXXX-EX-MARCA-PURA-COL:1767-;
An item that is an amazing testimony to the era of the decline of the splendor of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, being one of the evidences of the destruction of the national economy by its Prussian neighbor, grown to power thanks to the mistakes of the Polish nobility.
