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1/2 Thaler - August I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1571-1586 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1493-1805) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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August I ruled Saxony from 1553 to 1586 and presided over one of the most financially sophisticated courts in the Holy Roman Empire, using Erzgebirge silver revenues to fund both an aggressive land acquisition policy and an enormous personal coin collection — the nucleus of what eventually became the Dresden Münzkabinett. His administration standardized production across the Annaberg, Buchholz, and Dresden mints, which accounts for the extended multi-year emission range on this type.
The Albertinian line had split from the Ernestine branch in 1485; by August's reign, the electoral dignity firmly secured, these half thalers circulated as instruments of political prestige as much as commerce.