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⅔ Thaler - Xaver
| Issuer | Electorate of Saxony (Albertinian Line) |
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| Year | 1764-1768 |
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| Weight | 14.031 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1764 EDC - - 1765 EDC - - 1766 EDC - - 1767 EDC - - 1768 EDC - - |
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Franz Xaver served as administrator of Saxony from 1763 to 1768, governing on behalf of his nephew Friedrich August III during the prince's minority. The regency followed the catastrophic Seven Years' War, which had left Saxony among the most economically devastated territories in the Holy Roman Empire — Prussian occupation had stripped the electorate of funds, livestock, and industrial capacity. Coins struck under Xaver's brief administration are comparatively scarce; the mint was constrained by both bullion shortages and the broader monetary reconstruction efforts underway across German-speaking lands after 1763.