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1/3 Thaler - Frederick August I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Saxony |
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| Year | 1818-1821 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1806-1839) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1818 IGS - - 19,494 1821 IGS - - |
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Frederick August I — known as "the Just" — ruled Saxony through one of its most humiliating periods: his alliance with Napoleon cost the kingdom roughly half its territory under the 1815 Congress of Vienna settlement. These fractional Thaler issues of 1818–1821 belong to the immediate post-Napoleonic monetary reorganization, as Saxony struggled to reestablish a credible coinage system after years of war-driven fiscal disruption.
The .833 fineness was a deliberate step down from earlier Saxon silver standards, reflecting postwar austerity rather than debasement in the traditional sense.