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3 Pfennig Dreier - John George II
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1656-1665 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1493-1805) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval shield bearing the divided coat of arms of Saxony — featuring the barry of ten with a crancelin (electoral sword), the Thuringian lion, and additional quartered Saxon territorial arms — set within elaborate baroque cartouche scrollwork. The mint master's initials C R appear divided at the lower left and right of the shield, with the date numerals split across the lower field. The entire design is rendered in the characteristic small-module style of mid-17th century Saxon coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1656 CR - - 1659 CR - - 1660 CR - - 1661 CR - - 1665 CR - - |
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John George II inherited the electorate in 1656 following his father's 46-year reign and almost immediately faced the financial strain of maintaining an extravagant Dresden court — one of the most expensive in the empire relative to Saxony's resources. The small silver Dreier denomination was a workhorse of everyday commerce throughout his reign, struck in quantity to service a population that had been badly disrupted by the Thirty Years' War and its aftermath of currency debasement.
The Cl/Kahnt reference places this firmly within the Clauss-Kahnt corpus of Saxon coinage, which documents the considerable die variation across this type's decade-long production span.