The last fifty-dollar coin of the partition era.
A very rare, low-circulation gold coin.
Gold fifty-zloty coins during the Partitions were minted in Warsaw during the reigns of two tsars. The first was Alexander I, issuing them between 1817 and 1823. The second was his successor, Nicholas I, during whose reign the issuance of this denomination was perfunctory. There were only two mintages, both very rare today.
Mintage of only 1,878 pieces.
Very nice state of preservation.
Gold, diameter 24 mm, weight 9.79 g.
Obverse: head of the tsar to the right. In the rim:
ALEXANDER AND EMPEROR ROS RESURRECTION KING OF POLS 1815 *.
Reverse: the denomination with the date (50 ZŁ POL 1829) in an oak wreath. Below it the initials of the mint manager FH. In the rim:
MIKOŁAY I CES WSZ ROSSYI KRÓL POLSKI PANUIĄCYCH *.
