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½ Thaler - August I

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Issuer Electorate of Saxony (Albertinian Line) (German States)
Prince elector Augustus I (August I) (1553-1586)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1555-1557
Value ½ Thaler
Currency Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition Silver
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
184443
References MB# 164
Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (2 volumes).
, Keil/Kahnt# 75
Claus Keilitz, Helmut Kahnt. Die sächsisch-albertinischen Münzen 1547 bis 1611. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).
, Kohl# 26
Christian A. Kohl; 1994. Talerteilstücke des Kurfürstentums Sachsen: Typenkatalog Albertinische Linie 1547-1763 = Thaler Fractionals of the Electorate of Saxony. Münzhandlung Christian A. Kohl, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.

Obverse

Armored 1/2-length figure to right holding sword over right shoulder, titles of August I.

Script: Latin

Reverse

4-fold arms with central shield of electoral Saxony divides date, titles continued.

Script: Latin

Mint

Annaberg, modern-day Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany

Comments

Mintmark wooden shoe - Annaberg

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1555 
1556 
1557 

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