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1 Thaler - Frederick August I

Issuer Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of
Year 1709-1733
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Diameter 43 mm
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Obverse description Armored and draped bust of Frederick August I facing right, with flowing long wig, the shoulders clad in plate armor with decorative drapery below. The effigy is rendered in high relief in a baroque portrait style. The circular Latin legend surrounds the bust, reading continuously around the coin's periphery.
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Reverse description Two large oval shields, bearing the arms of Poland (left) and Saxony (right), displayed side by side beneath a shared royal electoral crown. The shields are flanked by palm branches and joined at the base, where the date and mint-master's initials appear in the exergue area. The circular Latin legend, denoting the issuer's title as Arch-Marshal and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, surrounds the entire composition.
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