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1 Pfennig - Frederick August I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1694-1698 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄288) |
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| Reverse description | Imperial orb displaying the denomination within its cross, with the date divided and placed to either side of the orb in the field. The mintmaster's initials appear below the orb, serving as the primary means of identifying the responsible official for each annual emission. The design is rendered in the plain, functional style common to small-denomination Saxon pfennig coinage of the period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick August I became Elector of Saxony in 1694 following the death of his brother John George IV — who himself had reigned barely two years. The tiny silver Pfennig issues of these transition years were minted at Dresden and reflect the electoral administration's effort to maintain a functioning small-denomination coinage during a period of rapid political change. Frederick August converted to Catholicism in 1697 to secure the Polish throne, a decision that generated considerable domestic friction in Lutheran Saxony but left the coinage itself largely unaffected in type.