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1 Dreier - George
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1533 |
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| Value | 1 Dreier = 3 Pfennig (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1533) - - 1533 - - |
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The Albertinian line had controlled Electoral Saxony only since the Partition of Leipzig in 1485, and by 1533 Duke George — "the Bearded" — was the last major German prince still holding out against the Lutheran Reformation, a position of increasing political isolation. He banned Lutheran literature, expelled reformers, and corresponded directly with Rome to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in his territories. He died in 1539, and within weeks his successor converted Saxony to Lutheranism.
The Dreier denomination served small daily transactions throughout the Saxon monetary system, struck to the Leipzig coinage standard.