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1 Groschen - Frederick August II
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1762 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Three-line inscription in large capital letters reading 'C.S' on the first line, 'SCHEIDE' on the second line, and 'MÜNTZE' on the third line, denoting the Saxon Scheidemünze (small change coinage). Small ornamental floral or star devices flank the 'C.S' monogram at upper left and upper right of the field. The overall design is plain and typographic, without a portrait or heraldic device. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Frederick August II spent much of 1762 watching his electorate be systematically devastated — Saxony had been occupied by Prussian forces since 1756, its mints commandeered, its treasury stripped to fund Frederick the Great's campaigns. This groschen belongs to the final year of that occupation, struck as the Seven Years' War ground toward its conclusion at Hubertusburg, a treaty signed on Saxon soil in February 1763.
Coins issued under Prussian-controlled Saxon infrastructure during this period are frequently found with inconsistent die alignment and variable silver content, a direct consequence of wartime mint mismanagement rather than standard production variance.