1 Dreier - Johann Friedrich and Georg

The Ernestinian line held the Saxon electorate until the Schmalkaldic War of 1546–47, when Johann Friedrich was captured at Mühlberg and forced to surrender both the electoral dignity and the bulk of Saxon territory to the Albertine branch. These coins predate that catastrophe by over a decade, struck during a period when the Ernestinian Wettins still commanded the most powerful Protestant principality in the Empire. The joint issue with Georg reflects the co-regency arrangements common among the Ernestinian holdings, where territorial division among heirs created overlapping authorities requiring shared coinage.