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5 Mark - Albert
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| In circulation to | 1 October 1900 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | E Dresden, Germany |
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Saxony's 1877 gold 5 Mark was struck under the provisions of the German Imperial coinage law of 1871, which standardized the new Reich's currency and effectively ended centuries of independent Saxon monetary tradition. Albert, who had commanded Saxon forces during the Franco-Prussian War, became king just two years before this issue — the coin reflects the broader absorption of state identity into imperial monetary infrastructure rather than any Saxon initiative.
The mintage was extremely limited, a consequence of the small-denomination gold format proving impractical for everyday commerce and largely abandoned across German states within a few years.