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2 Thalers - John Frederick
| Issuer | Saxony (Ernestinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1534-1535 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#203, Dav GT I#9723, Schnee#83, Keilitz#243 |
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| Obverse lettering | IOANNS FRIDERICVS ELECTOR DVX SAXONIE FIERI FECIT |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, was among the most committed early supporters of Luther's Reformation — a political stance that would eventually cost him his electorate entirely. These double thalers were struck in the silver-rich Erzgebirge mining districts at a moment when Ernestinian Saxony was at the height of its territorial influence, before the Schmalkaldic War reduced John Frederick to a captive of Charles V and stripped his line of the electoral dignity in 1547.
The Keilitz 243 attribution places this among the earliest double thaler issues from any German state.