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2 Ducats - Frederick August I Campaign against the Ottoman Empire
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1696 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1493-1805) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two ornately decorated oval shields of arms displayed side by side, surmounted by the Electoral cap of Saxony; the left shield bearing the arms of the Electorate of Saxony and the right shield bearing additional dynastic arms, both framed by elaborate Baroque scrollwork and foliate decoration. The date 1696 appears in the lower field beneath the shields, with the abbreviated legend F · A · D · G · EL · S · distributed across the upper portion of the field. |
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Frederick August I launched his Ottoman campaign in 1695–96 as part of the broader War of the Holy League, fighting under Imperial command in Hungary. The timing was politically calculated — he was already positioning himself for the Polish throne, and battlefield credibility against the Turks was useful currency in that election. He was elected King of Poland in June 1697, converting to Catholicism to secure it.
Campaign ducats of this type were struck as presentation pieces, not pay. The Albertinian Dresden mint produced them in limited numbers for distribution among officers and allied dignitaries — survival in any condition is genuinely uncommon.