1 Groschen - Christian II, John George I and August

This groschen was issued under the joint names of three Saxon electors — an arrangement that reflects the peculiar dynastic politics of the Wettin house rather than any genuine co-rule. Christian II held the electorate, while his brothers John George and August were named on coinage as a concession to inheritance agreements that kept the Albertinian line from fracturing further. The practice of including co-regent brothers on Saxon issues of this period was largely ceremonial, rooted in the 1601 compact negotiated after their father Christian I's early death in 1591 had left succession unsettled.