1 Thaler - Frederick August II
Features
| Issuer |
Electorate of Saxony (Albertinian Line)
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Prince elector |
Frederick Augustus II (Friedrich August II) (1733-1763)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1755 |
| Value | 1 Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler (1493-1805) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 29.04 g |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 274489 |
| References | KahntFr# 676 Helmut Kahnt; 2010. Die Münzen Friedrich Augusts II. von Sachsen/Polen: 1733-1763 = The Coinage of Frederick August II of Saxony/Poland. Battenberg Gietl Verlag. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Marian Gumowski; 1960. Handbuch der polnischen Numismatik. Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria. Gernot Schnee; 1982. Sächsische Taler 1500-1800 und Abschläge von Talerstempeln in Gold und Silber: Dukaten, Mehrfach-Taler, Halbtaler. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. John Stewart Davenport; 1949. German Talers since 1800. Spink & Son, Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Crowned bust right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D: G: AVGVSTVS III • REX • POLONIARUM
Reverse
Crowned arms in palm branches.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SAC • ROM • IMP • ARCHIM • ET ELECT • 1755
EDC
Mint
Leipzig, GermanyMark
| EDC | Ernst Dietrich Kroll, Mint Master, Weilburg (1749-1752), Leipzig (1753-1764), Dresden (1764-1778) |
Comments
Different bust varieties 
Künker Auction 292 Lot 6777
Künker Auction 266 Lot 1532
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| 1755 | EDC | Kop# 2137Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes). |
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