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1 Thaler - Christian II, John George I, and August
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1601-1605 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1601 HB - - 1602 HB - - 1603 HB - - 1604 HB - - 1605 HB - - |
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This thaler was struck during a brief but politically awkward co-regency in Saxony, when three brothers — Christian II as Elector, and his younger brothers John George I and August — jointly administered the electorate following the death of their father Christian I in 1591. The arrangement was formalized under the guardianship of Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar until Christian II came of age, and the three-portrait format on these thalers was both a constitutional statement and a dynastic advertisement. August died in 1615 without ever holding the electorate himself.