fwo_747911 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS Thaler 1er type, signature SGH, (speciestaler) 1812 Dresde
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Type : Thaler 1er type, signature SGH, (speciestaler)
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Dresde
Quantity minted : 305000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833,33 ‰
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,91 g.
Edge : feuilletée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine légèrement tachée
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRID. AVGVST. D. G. REX SAXONIÆ.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Frédéric-Auguste à droite.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric-Auguste par la grâce de Dieu roi de Saxe).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK. 1812.
Reverse description : Écu couronné entre deux palmes.
Reverse translation : (taille 10 au marc).
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF SAXONY - FREDERICK-AUGUSTUS
(11/12/1806-5/05/1827)
Frédéric-Auguste (23/12/1750-5/05/1827) is the son of Frédéric-Christian (1722-1763), short-lived elector of Saxony in 1763 and Marie-Antoinette of Bavaria. He succeeded his father under the regency of François-Xavier, his uncle (1763-1768). He is the last Elector of Saxony and the first King of Saxony (1763-1806-1827). Faithful ally of Napoleon I, he received the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and lost part of his estates at the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. Died childless, his brother Antoine who succeeds him.
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