⅙ Thaler - Frederick August I

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.