The citizens had to accommodate Napoleon's Grande Armée forces and to pay large tributes in the preparation of the French invasion of Russia in 1812.

Although the Prussian authorities made it the capital of West Prussia and the administrative centre of the Regierungsbezirk Danzig, the autonomy of the city was significantly reduced.

The number of trading ships entering the port of Danzig decreased significantly from 1806 to 1807, going from 377 to only 58,[5] which could show how bad the blockade was.

According to a financial arrangement signed on 27 July 1810, the remaining contributions the state still had to pay equaled 16,762,600 francs in total.

The city was also preparing in the case of another siege, which is why it had to pay for artillery, defense embankments, repairments of fortifications destroyed in 1807 and supplies.

Johann Ludwig Meyer was appointed the supervisor of the mint and the designer, which is why all of these coins feature the letter 'M' at the bottom.

These coins never entered circulation since they cointained silver and the senate had to decline the project, which led to a stop in further mintage.

When Napoleonic France, the country that the republic depended on, was taking multiple losses, the city was forced to close the mint in 1813.