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1/4 Thaler - August I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1557-1571 |
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| Value | 1/4 Thaler |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS.DEI.GRA / TIA.DVX.SAXONIAE |
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| Edge | Plain |
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August I consolidated Saxon silver coinage aggressively after inheriting the electorate in 1553, leveraging the enormous output of the Erzgebirge mines — then among the most productive in Europe — to standardize fractional thalers for regional trade. The Joachimsthaler system underpinned this whole enterprise, and Saxony was instrumental in spreading it across the Empire.
MB#190 places this squarely within Keilitz/Kahnt attribution territory. The 1557–1571 span covers the full productive peak of the Annaberg and Schneeberg operations before yield decline set in after 1570.