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1⁄24 Thaler - Clemens Wenzel of Sachsen
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1773-1775 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five-line central inscription in bold Roman lettering occupying the entire field, stating the denomination as one twenty-fourth of a Conventions-Thaler, with the date on the fourth line and the Günzburg mint mark 'G' on the fifth line. The inscription is unadorned, the design relying entirely on the typographic clarity of the legend. A fine milled border frames the reverse. |
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Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony was appointed Archbishop-Elector of Trier in 1768 at the age of thirty, largely through the influence of his aunt, Maria Theresa. He was the last elector ever to hold the see — French Revolutionary forces dissolved the ecclesiastical electorate in 1794, and he died in exile in Augsburg in 1812. This small fractional issue falls squarely in the quieter middle years of his reign, before the political unraveling that would define its end.