Here is a coin known only from this one piece, the issuance of which is an unsolved mystery for today.
It was entrusted to us for sale at the end of 2024, as part of a collection closed in the 1980s. And from the beginning it aroused great excitement in us, as it is not an ordinary 1749 August III shilling.
It became the object of our analyses, consultations with specialists in the subject (including Jerzy Chałupski, Rafal Janke) or with a wide range of collectors.
It is a coin different in style from the first shekels of August III, which were minted at the mint in Dresden. It differs, among other things, in the cut of the royal portrait or the part of the legends "cut" on the stamp. It is also unusual due to its parameters - a noticeably larger and heavier disc (1.95 g, where the weight of the shilling was supposed to be about 1.3 g).
A number of hypotheses have emerged as part of the study of this shekel. From a trial issue preceding the start of actual production, to a period forgery, a minting associated with the war with Prussia, to a unitary engraving product.
Due to the lack of a single theory to which we can confidently subscribe, we will present it to you in more detail in a separate article on marciniak.com.
Today, offering it as an undoubtedly rare item, but of still undetermined attribution.
