Another Uprising and Liquidation of Mint of Warsaw

When in 1830 the November Uprising broke out, the supervision over the Mint of Warsaw was overtaken by the Bank of Poland. The bank, looking for resources to wage the war, insisted on an increase of production of money and canons because the mint was also a place where military equipment was produced. And again the clergy was asked to donate the Church silver.
Despite the insurgent activities, the coins still had the image of Alexander I of Russia on them and the emperor Nicholas I of Russia had the title of  a Polish king. Only in 1831 the company was ordered to start making punches with the image the new Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Poland – an Eagle and the White Knight. When the uprising failed, the Russian emperor liquidated the Kingdom of Poland and its monetary autonomy. Soon, on the territory occupied by the Russians, the same currency as in Russia was used.
In 1842 the Mint of Warsaw minted the first coin of 1 Ruble value. Then the liquidation of the company began. In 1852 the MW symbol was replaced by the BM letters (the abbreviation in the Cyrillic alphabet). Fifteen years later the employees of the company gathered for the last time to take a commemorative photo. The building at Bielańska Street was later occupied by the command of the emperor’s artillery, headquarters of gendarmerie and the offices of the military healthcare management. The situation did not change for the following 40 years.