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1⁄12 Thaler - Frederick August I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1824-1827 |
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| Value | 1⁄12 Saxon thaler = 1⁄160 Cologne Mark |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination and date are displayed in four bold lines across the central field, reading '12 / EINEN / THALER' with the year of issue below, all in an upright Roman typeface. The subsidiary value statement '160 EINE FEINE MARK' is arranged as a circular legend along the coin's periphery in Latin script. A small ornamental trefoil or rosette mintmark appears at the base of the reverse field beneath the date. |
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Saxony's Albertinian line had minted twelfth-thalers in billon for decades by the 1820s, but this issue falls within Frederick August I's reign as the kingdom's first monarch under that title — he had previously ruled as Elector before Napoleon's reorganization of German territories elevated Saxony to a kingdom in 1806. The billon standard used here reflects a deliberate policy of reserving higher silver content for larger denominations while keeping fractional coinage cheap to produce and resistant to melting.