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⅙ Thaler - Frederick August I
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1710-1733 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1710 ILH - - 1711 ILH - - 1712 ILH - - 1713 ILH - - 1714 ILH - - 1715 ILH - - 1716 IGS - - 1716 ILH - - 1717 IGS - - 1718 IGS - - 1719 IGS - - 1720 IGS - - 1721 IGS - - 1722 IGS - - 1723 IGS - - 1724 IGS - - 1725 IGS - - 1726 IGS - - 1727 IGS - - 1728 IGS - - 1729 IGS - - 1730 IGS - - 1731 IGS - - 1732 IGS - - 1733 IGS - - |
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Frederick August I — better known outside Saxony as Augustus the Strong — spent lavishly on court spectacle, the Dresden collections, and his repeated bids for the Polish throne, all of which strained Saxon finances considerably. The fractional thaler denominations struck during his reign were workhorses of regional commerce, filling the gap between the large-module prestige pieces he preferred for diplomacy and the copper pfennig coinage below.
The long production window across 1710–1733 means multiple die marriages exist under the Kohl and Kop references, and examples vary noticeably in sharpness depending on which Dresden mint staff were active at the time of striking.