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1 Groschen - Frederick II and Margarete
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1456-1464 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
| Obverse lettering | FRIDERICVS ET MARGARETA D G |
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Frederick II ("the Gentle") and his wife Margarete of Austria co-appear on this issue during a period of acute dynastic tension in the Wettin house. The joint presentation was not mere ceremonial convention — Frederick had been forced into a humiliating peace with his brother Wilhelm III at Naumburg in 1451, and coinage bearing both his name and Margarete's reinforced his legitimacy during the uneasy years that followed. The Meissen mint was the primary striking facility for Albertinian issues throughout this period.
The Krug Mei#1185/56 reference places this within a tightly documented die sequence. Surviving examples in honest circulated condition are less common than catalog frequency might suggest.