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Talar - Ksawery as Polish Prince Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1764-1768 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The large, elaborately quartered coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony, comprising multiple heraldic compartments bearing lions, eagles, crosses, a bull, hearts, a rose, chequered patterns, and a central inescutcheon with the crossed swords of the Meissen arms, all surmounted by a closed electoral crown. The date appears within the circular legend to the left, and the mint-master's initials E·D·C· are placed in the exergue below the shield. The legend encircling the shield denotes Xavier's title as Administrator of the Electorate of Saxony and the fineness standard of ten thalers to the mark. |
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| Reverse lettering | ELECTORATVS SAXONIÆ ADMINISTRATOR 1765 X EINE − MARCK F E D C |
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Struck at the Dresden mint during the interregnum years following Augustus III's death in 1763, these talers were issued under Frederick Christian and then the young Elector Frederick Augustus as hereditary princes of Saxony exercising their claim over Poland before Stanisław August Poniatowski's election consolidated power in Warsaw. The Dresden provenance is significant — Saxon dies and Saxon silver, yet struck in the name of Polish princely authority, reflecting the Wettin dynasty's refusal to immediately relinquish its Polish ambitions.
The spread of Kop references across this type suggests multiple die marriages were employed across the emission years, consistent with Dresden's practice of periodic die replacement rather than continuous production runs.