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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Königlich Sächsische Staatskasse (Royal Saxon State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1839-1873) |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with an intricate letterpress design centred on the denomination numeral '1' in large blackletter script above the title 'Ein Thaler' and 'Königlich Sächsisches Cassen-Billet' in ornate gothic lettering. Two oval intaglio portrait vignettes, each showing a classical female profile in relief, are positioned symmetrically at lower left and lower right within elaborate rococo cartouches, while the crowned Saxon arms appear at top centre flanked by the series letter 'Lit. A.' and serial number. A dense guilloche underprint and fine-line engraved borders frame the entire face, with a small block of printed text at the foot containing the legal obligation clause. |
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| Reverse lettering | EIN THALER · EIN THALER · EIN THALER · KÖNIGL. SÄCHSISCHES CASSEN-BILLET. |
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Saxony's Staatskasse notes occupied an awkward position in the German monetary patchwork of the 1860s — state treasury instruments rather than bank-issued currency, technically backed by government revenue rather than a note-issuing bank's reserves. The 1867 date places this note in the final years of independent Saxon monetary authority; the North German Confederation's formation that same year began the process that would end with the Reichsmark's introduction in 1871 and the effective obsolescence of all such state issues.
Giesecke & Devrient had been operating in Leipzig since 1852, making the printing of Saxon state paper a local contract in the most literal sense — press and client separated by a short carriage ride.