⅙ Thaler - John George II

John George II of Saxony spent lavishly on court culture — his Dresden opera house and theatrical productions were among the most expensive in the Holy Roman Empire — and the fiscal pressure this created drove frequent fractional silver coinage throughout his reign. The sixth-thaler denominations of this period circulated hard through Saxony's active mining economy, particularly in the Erzgebirge silver-producing regions that still fed the Dresden mint with fresh metal.

Clauss/Kahnt 425 distinguishes several die variants across the 1668–1674 run.