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5 Thaler
| Issuer | Königlich Sächsische Cassen-Billet (Royal Saxon Treasury) |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Value | 5 Thalers |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Thaler Königlich Sächsisches Cassen-Billet. In Gemässheit des Gesetzes vom 2. März 1867. Die Commissarien: |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜNFTHALER KÖNIGL. SÄCHSISCHES CASSEN-BILLET. |
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Saxon treasury notes of this period occupied an awkward transitional position: Saxony had its own monetary system anchored to the Thaler, but was simultaneously being drawn into the North German Confederation's orbit following Prussia's decisive victory over Austria in 1866 — a war in which Saxony fought on the losing side. This note was issued just one year after that defeat, when Saxon fiscal autonomy was already visibly shrinking.
Giesecke & Devrient, then still establishing itself as the dominant German security printer, produced this series at their Leipzig facility — a fortunate geographical coincidence, given that Leipzig was itself a Saxon city and the firm's home base.
The Thaler-denominated series was withdrawn following German monetary unification and the adoption of the Mark in 1871–1873.