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1/4 Thaler - John George I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1611-1616 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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John George I became Elector of Saxony in 1611 following the abdication of his elder brother Christian II, who died without male heirs. The early years of his reign were defined by his attempt to position Saxony as a mediating power among the Lutheran princes — a balancing act that would later collapse catastrophically when he initially sat out the Thirty Years' War before being forced into it at White Mountain in 1620.
The Cl/Kahnt#18 attribution places this within a well-documented quarter thaler series tied to Dresden mint production under the Hausgenossenschaft coinage agreements governing Saxon silver output from the Erzgebirge mines.