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2 Ducats - John George I Sofiendukat
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1616 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1493-1805) |
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| Reverse lettering | HILF DV HEILIGE DREYFALTIGKEIT. |
| Edge | Plain |
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The Sofiendukat series was struck specifically as a presentation piece tied to the Saxon court, not for general commerce. John George I, who would go on to become one of the more consequential — and controversial — Protestant princes of the Thirty Years' War, was still consolidating dynastic authority in 1616, three years before the conflict erupted. These ducats circulated within a gift economy of the Electoral court rather than any marketplace.
KM#127 is documented with meaningful die variation across the run.