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1 Ducat - Frederick August I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Saxony |
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| Year | 1806-1813 |
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| Weight | 3.47 g |
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| Obverse lettering | FRID. AVGVST. D. G. REX SAXONIE |
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| Mintage | 1806 SGH - - 3,207 1807 SGH - - 2,660 1808 SGH - - 2,010 1809 SGH - - 1,608 1810 SGH - - 1,072 1811 SGH - - 268 1812 SGH - - 67 1813 SGH - - |
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Frederick August I received the title of King of Saxony in 1806 as a direct reward from Napoleon for Saxon loyalty at Jena — making him the first king in Saxony's history and explaining the abrupt shift in titulature visible across this coinage. The arrangement proved catastrophic by 1813: Saxony fought alongside Napoleon at Leipzig, and when the battle turned, Frederick August was taken prisoner by the Prussians and his kingdom placed under Allied administration.
The post-Leipzig occupation briefly threatened Saxony's existence as a sovereign state entirely, with Prussia pressing for full annexation at the Congress of Vienna.