The first type of King Stanisław August’s trojaks, in beautiful condition.
A piece with cabinet-quality presentation. The coin has a uniform brown patina, with only localized soiling and slight pitting on the lower eagle. It features a very rare, natural surface with a luster—particularly for this year of issue.
The portrait is slightly under-struck, which was a common problem with this issue, as noted, among other places, in the Mint Commission’s reports (“the three-grosz blanks, although made of good, Hungarian copper, did not stand out clearly, and the dies wore down on them”).
This is a characteristic, early trojak from the Kraków Mint (marked with the letter ‘g’ for the mint director, Gartenberg) featuring a bust of the king in armor, which corresponded to the first thalers of Stanisław August. This type was minted in only two years, replaced as early as 1766 by trojaks featuring the king’s head, which were minted until the end of his reign.
A variant featuring a wreath with 8 berries, a dot after the date, and small type 4 eagles. The rarer of the two types of the royal portrait attributed to the Ludewig brothers by R. Janke.
One of the most beautiful copper armors we have ever had in our collection.
The coin comes from an outstanding contemporary collection at Zbiór.com and is featured on their website.
