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1/3 Thaler - Frederick August I Pattern
| Issuer | Kingdom of Saxony (Albertinian Line) |
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| Year | 1806 |
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| Value | ⅓ Thaler = 1⁄40 Cologne Mark |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising the oval arms of Saxony — barry of ten or and sable with a bend of crancelin — displayed on a shield set within an elaborate foliate and palm branch wreath. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown with arched bands and orb finial. The field is plain and unlettered, giving the design a clean, medallic character consistent with its pattern status. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Frederick August I received his royal title in December 1806 as a direct reward from Napoleon, who elevated Saxony from an electorate to a kingdom following the Prussian collapse at Jena-Auerstedt. This pattern almost certainly belongs to the flurry of trial pieces struck to establish new royal coinage imagery in the weeks immediately following that elevation — the existing electoral coinage suddenly obsolete by political fiat.
AKS 34 is documented as a pattern only; no regular issue of this denomination under the royal title for this year entered circulation.