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1/4 Ducat - Frederick August II Vicariat
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1735-1743 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1493-1805) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Frederick August II facing right, with long flowing curled wig typical of the Baroque period. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detail on the drapery at the shoulder. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, reading within the border of the coin field. |
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| Mintage | 1735 FWoF - - 1736 FWoF - - 1737 FWoF - - 1739 FWoF - - 1740 FWoF - - 1743 FWoF - - |
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The Vicariat coinage was issued under a precise constitutional right — when the Holy Roman Emperor died without an heir apparent present to assume immediate authority, certain princes exercised the office of Imperial Vicar, administering the Empire in interregnum. Frederick Augustus II of Saxony held this role twice: in 1740 following the death of Charles VI, and again in 1745 after Charles VII died. These quarter ducats were struck as legal tender but carried the unmistakable weight of political theater, advertising Saxon preeminence among German princes at the exact moment imperial authority was most visibly in flux.