The rarest orth of August III Sas, and with such outstanding provenance, this coin is virtually unobtainable.
The first vintage of the Danzig Ort of August III Sas from 1758, minted during the period when the mint was headed by the Raths and Siebert goldsmith company, with the distinctive mint mark of Wilhelm Raths separating the date.
An extremely rare item on the auction market, we have only reached five listings in Poland over the years.
The rarity of the presented orta can be evidenced by the fact that already Hutten-Czapski determined its degree of rarity at R6, while Tyszkiewicz valued it at 40 marks.
Piece of beautiful presence with a clear mirror. Relief practically untouched by circulation.
An unobtainable piece, the chance to buy it combined with such excellent provenance from the Potocki collection may not happen again. A piece that will be appreciated not only by collectors of orts, but also of Saxon era minting.
Obverse: crowned bust of the king to the right
D G AVGVSTVS III REX POL M D L R PR D S & EL
Reverse: supported by two lions, an oval shield with the coat of arms of the city of Danzig supported on an ornamental pedestal, below it the mint mark of Raths separating the date, above the shield of arms a laurel wreath with two palm branches and a lily, the mark of Johann Christian Siebert, mincmaster of the Danzig mint from 1752-1762
MON ARGENT CIVITAT GEDANENSIS
Diameter 29 mm, weight 6.68 g
For the sixteen initial years of his reign, Augustus III Saxon had essentially no mint policy. It was not until 1749 that a decision was made to start the production of copper shekels and pennies. This task was carried out by three mints: in Dresden, Gruntal and Gubin. In turn, in 1752, Leipzig began producing gold coins (augustdors and ducats and their fractions and multiples), as well as silver coins (thalers, half-talers, two-gold coins, tymphes, orts, sixpences, triples and halves). From a formal point of view, the letting go of mints issuing Polish coins was illegal. This is because the Polish Sejm did not give its consent. The same can be said of the activities of municipal mints in Royal Prussia. Gdansk, Torun and Elblag began mint production without asking the permission of Treasurer Karol Sedlnicki.
