A specimen piece of the only commemorative thaler of the time of King Stanislaw Augustus.
A cabinet mint piece with a mirror background and beautiful patina - the prettiest we have ever had.
The Targowitz thaler is the coin behind the history of the Targowitz Confederation. A conspiracy of magnates and Russia against the reforms of the May 3 Constitution. Being the only monetary commemoration of those events.
Its issue is unique against the background of the entire minting of the Republic. It is a thaler minted against the king, at his mint, which is the only thaler of the Poniatowski era that does not have a royal portrait on the obverse. It has a propaganda character, which is well reflected in the translation of the obverse inscription:
"To citizens whose love of country caused them to strive to defend the freedom of Poland, destroyed by the conspiracy of May 3, 1791 - The Republic Rising", and in the rim:"gratitude of fellow citizens an example for posterity."
The decision to mint it was made in December 1792, in Grodno, during the Targowitz Confederation. According to the author of the SAP Silver Coins blog, a decree was passed at the time to"establish a medal for defenders of the Republic and mint thalers under this stamp." The author of the stamps was the then chief medallicist of the Warsaw mint, Jan Jakub Reichel, where these thalers were also minted.
