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5 Ducats - August III Sas Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1738 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears an entirely inscribed field with no central effigy, containing a multi-line Latin dedicatory legend arranged across the coin's face within a plain raised rim. The text references Carolus, King of both Sicilies, and Maria Amalia, Princess of Poland (REGIAE POLONIAE PRINCEPS), together with the word SPONSALIA (betrothal) and the date anno MDCCXXXVIII. The inscription is set in Roman capital letters and commemorates the betrothal of Charles of the Two Sicilies and Maria Amalia of Saxony. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLI UTRIUSQUE SICILIAE REGIS ET MARIAE AMALIAE REGIAE POLONIAE PRINCEPS SPONSALIA PRIDIE ANNO MDCCXXXVIII |
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August III inherited the Polish throne in 1733 only after a brief war of succession drove his rival Stanisław Leszczyński into French-backed exile. As Elector of Saxony, he ran the Commonwealth's finances largely through Dresden, which explains why this multiple-ducat piece — a prestige denomination rarely intended for commerce — was struck there rather than in Warsaw or Kraków. The Dresden mint operated under Saxon electoral supervision with access to Bohemian and Saxon gold supplies unavailable to Polish mints.
Five-ducat pieces of this reign were struck in very limited numbers as diplomatic gifts and court presentation pieces. Kop. 11523 is among the rarer citations in Kopicki's catalog for this denomination.