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Country: Electorate of Saxony-Albertine (German States)
Friedrich August II (1696-1763) Prince Elector of Saxony (1733-1763)
King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1763 (1760-1763)
Value: 1 Saxon Groschen = 1⁄24 Thaler
Currency: Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition: Silver / Billon
Weight: 1.91 g.
Diameter: 20 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Grade: VF30
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 946
Obverse:
Crowned shield of 4-fold arms of Polish-Lithuanien Commonwealth covered by the small arm of Saxony in the center, the titles of Friedrich August II around and the mint marks under shield.
Lettering: DG FRID AVG REX POL EL SAX / EDC
Translation: By the grace of God, Friedrich August, King of Poland, Elector of Saxony.
Reverse:
3-line inscription within beaded circle with denomination, date at the end of the legend.
Lettering:
24
EINEN
THALER
CCCXX EINE FEINE MARCH 1763
Translation: 1/24 part of Thaler | 1/320 part of the FINE MARK | 1763
Master Engraver: Ernst Dietrich Croll.
Edge:
Smooth.
Mints:
EDC → Leipzig, Germany
FwoF → Dresden, Germany
IFoF → Leipzig, Germany
Comments:
Friedrich August Ⅱ belonged to the Albertine line of the House of Wettin.
Friedrich August Ⅱ was Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire from 1733 until 1763 and King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1734 until 1763 (under the name of August Ⅲ Sas and Augustas Ⅲ).
Reference : KM# 946
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Collection : German States coins