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1/4 Thaler - John George II
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1656-1680 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | SAC ROM IMP ARCHIMARS ET ELECT |
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John George II ruled Saxony at a moment of painful reconstruction. The Electorate had been devastated by the Thirty Years' War, which ended only eight years before this series began, and Saxon finances remained fragile throughout the 1650s and into the following decades. The Dresden mint operated under considerable pressure to produce coinage that would restore confidence in the regional economy.
John George II was also the founder of the Dresden court orchestra in 1660 — his spending on music and court culture was extravagant enough to draw criticism from his own estates, a tension that runs quietly beneath the entire run of his coinage.