Token originates from the landed estate of the Poniatowski family and functioned as a payment and accounting tool within the property.
Such tokens were used in the 19th century as substitute currency within landed estates, farms, and agricultural cooperatives. They served for settlement with peasants and estate workers, often later exchanged for cash, goods, or food at the manor’s shops or warehouses.
This piece, associated with Cezary Poniatowski, is today not only a numismatic curiosity but also a testimony to the socio-economic system of 19th-century Poland.
Diameter 23 mm, weight 3.57 g
