Stanislaus Augustus, Thaler 1766 F.S.

A pleasing example of one of the most distinctive Polish thalers.

Variety without dots after FS

Obverse: bust of the king in armor and cloak, with the Order of the White Eagle, in the rim the legend:
STANISLAUS AUGUSTUS D.G. REX POL.M.D.LITHU;

Reverse: crowned five-field escutcheon with the coats of arms of the Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on red plasterwork, and the Ciołek coat of arms of the Poniatowskis, the escutcheon girded with an oak-palm wreath with a ribbon with the Order of the White Eagle; on the ribbon the motto of the order PRO FIDE GREGE ET LEGE; under the escutcheon the initials F-S, in the rim the legend:
X EX MARCH PURA-COLONIEN.1766-;