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1/2 Thaler - John George I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1612-1616 |
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| Weight | 14.16 g |
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| Obverse lettering | IOHAN:GEORG:D:G:S: RO:IMPARCHIM:E:EL (Translation: IOHANN GEORG DEI GRATIA SACRI ROMANI IMPERII ARCHIMARSCHALLUS ELECTOR Johann Georg arch-marshal and elector of the Holy Roman Empire) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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John George I assumed the Saxon electorate in 1611 following the death of his brother Christian II, who died without a legitimate heir. The early years of his reign — precisely the window this coin covers — were spent consolidating authority before the catastrophe of the Thirty Years' War reshaped the electorate's political position entirely. Saxony remained nominally Lutheran but strategically cautious, a posture that defined John George's long reign and made him one of the most controversial Protestant princes of the century.
The Cl/Kahnt reference places this among the transitional issues before wartime fiscal pressures altered Saxon silver coinage substantially after 1618.