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1⁄24 Thaler - Frederick August II
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1753 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#927, KahntFr#582, Kohl#497, Kop#11253 |
| Obverse description | Elaborately interlaced royal cypher 'AR' (Augustus Rex) in script lettering, surmounted by an Electoral crown with arched bands and orb finial, all set within a plain inner field. The date 1753 appears in the lower field beneath the monogram. The coin is struck with a milled or toothed border running along the entire periphery, a characteristic feature of the Saxon milled coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Denomination expressed in three lines across the central field as '24 · / EINEN / THALER', with the Leipzig mint mark 'L ·' positioned in the lower field. The legend is set in bold roman lettering within a plain field, surrounded by a toothed or milled border consistent with the obverse. The stark, unadorned typographic layout is characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century Saxon subsidiary coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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