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2 Ducats - Frederick August I Coronation
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1697 |
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| Value | 2 Ducats (2 Dukaten) (7) |
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| Reverse lettering | HANC DEVS IPSE DEDIT 1697 |
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| Mint | Dresden Mint |
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Frederick August I converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism in 1697 — a deeply unpopular move in staunchly Protestant Saxony — solely to satisfy the requirement for election as King of Poland. The coronation coinage issued that year thus commemorates not merely a dynastic promotion but a calculated religious apostasy. Saxony's own court had to be managed carefully; the Elector's conversion was kept secret until just weeks before the Polish Sejm vote.
The Kahnt attribution places this among a small group of documented die pairings for the coronation series.