1 Dreier - John George III

John George III of Saxony spent much of his electoral reign rebuilding a treasury and military exhausted by the Thirty Years' War's long aftermath. The Dreier — worth three pfennigs — was the workhorse of small Saxon commerce, struck in enormous quantities precisely because it disappeared fastest into everyday transactions. By 1690, Saxon minting operations were under mounting pressure to produce small silver at pace, and the short two-year window for this type reflects how quickly denominational policies shifted under John George III before his death in September 1691.