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⅙ Thaler / Ćwierćgulden - August III Sas Drezno mint
| Issuer | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
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| Year | 1734-1763 |
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| Value | ⅙ Thaler (⅙ Talara) (4⁄3) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, wearing a voluminous curled allonge wig and an ornate ermine-lined mantle fastened at the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the Baroque style, with fine detailing on the lace cravat and the clasp of the royal robe. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, separated from the toothed border by a flat rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | D·G·FRID·AUGUST·REX POLONIARUM |
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August III ruled the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as an absentee king, spending the bulk of his reign in Dresden while Polish affairs lurched along under the control of his chief minister Heinrich von Brühl. The Drezno mint — Dresden in Saxon nomenclature — produced these pieces under the dual authority of August as both Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, which is precisely why the coins were struck on German soil rather than at Kraków or Warsaw.
The Kop#11330–11355 range spans a long run of annual varieties across nearly three decades of production, with minor die differences distinguishing individual years. August III died in October 1763, just weeks after the Seven Years' War concluded — a conflict whose financial strain on Saxony visibly degraded the silver content of late-series strikes.