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1 Thaler - John George II Death
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1657-1658 |
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| Weight | 29.0 g |
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| Obverse lettering | PATRIAE · 1658 · DEO · |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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John George II became Elector of Saxony in October 1656 upon the death of his father, John George I — who had ruled for over four decades and left the electorate financially drained and politically diminished from its entanglements in the Thirty Years' War. This thaler was struck as a memorial issue in the immediate aftermath, a standard obligation of German dynastic protocol requiring the new elector to commemorate his predecessor's passing in silver.
The two-year striking window across 1657–58 reflects production spread across Dresden mint operations still adjusting to the transition of authority.