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1/4 Thaler - Christian I Death
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1591 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRISTIANVS D G SAXONIAE ELECTOR |
| Reverse description | The reverse field is entirely occupied by a nine-line funerary inscription in Latin majuscule lettering, filling the coin from rim to rim in the manner of a memorial tablet. The text reads SINCERAE IN DEVM ET PATRIAM FIDEI EXEMPLO POSTERIS RELICTO OBIIT XXV SEPTEMBRIS ANNO M·D·XCI·, recording that Elector Christian I died on 25 September 1591 having left to posterity an example of sincere devotion to God and fatherland. The mint mark H·B· (for mintmaster Hans Biener of the Dresden Mint) appears in the lower field beneath the final line. The plain edge and dense inscription reflect the commemorative, funerary character of this issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | SINCERAE IN DEVM ET PATRI AM FIDEI EXEM PLO POSTERIS RELICTO OBIIT XXV SEPTEM BRIS ANNO M·D·XCI· ·H· |
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