Variety without punctuation after TRIPLEX.
Second vintage issue of Augustus' Danzig Trojans.
Piece in a nice patina.
For the sixteen early years of his reign, Augustus III Saxon had basically no minting 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.
During the reign of August III Sas, crown trojaks (Leipzig) and city trojaks (Gdańsk, Torun, Elbląg) were issued. At the Leipzig mint, trojaks were minted in 1753, 1754 and 1756. Their drawing repeated the characteristic pattern found on orts and sixpences: on the obverse - the portrait of the monarch and the obverse inscription, and on the reverse - the five-field shield and the obverse inscription placed under the crown. The notation of the denomination is interesting: in the 1753 vintage, varieties with the numeral "3" appeared alongside those with the notation "½ Sz." (1/2 sixpence). On varieties from other years, the denomination was marked with the numeral "3". Crown troikas were minted from sterling silver of ½ sh. They weighed an average of 1.682 grams and contained 0.472 grams of pure bullion. The Danzig Trojaks of August III were minted in three series. The coins of the first series (1755) had a silver sample of IV -łut, which is lower than the Leipzig mint rate. The troikas of the second series (1758), on the other hand, were minted from V-gold silver. They weighed 1.571 grams and contained 0.491 pure bullion. In the third series, there was a slight lowering of the standard (silver IV 12/28-ounce sample, weight 1.529 g, pure silver content - 0.445 g). The drawing of the Danzig Trojans depicted the king's monogram "A3S" on the obverse, the date on the sides and the inscription in the rim. On the reverse - the coat of arms of the city and the obverse inscription. In connection with the development of the collectors' movement, the Danzig mint stamped circulating coins with a small number of trojaks made of pure silver, gold and in clipped form. The mints of Torun (1763) and Elblag (1761, 1763) minted trojaks according to the standard of the third series of Danzig issues. The iconographic scheme of the trojaks was also similar: the king's monogram and date on the obverse, the city's coat of arms and the obverse inscription on the reverse.
