Electorate of Saxony

Kind

principality

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Double schautaler (double guldengroschen; double (locumtenens) taler) in the name of Frederick III the Wise of Saxony, appointed general stadtholder by Maximilian

1512

Double guldengroschen, locumtenenstaler. Obverse: bust of a man within a border with legend and coats of arms. Reverse: eagle with coat of arms on breast within legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-73; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking)…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Guldengroschen of Frederick III the Wise of Saxony

1513

Silver commemorative coin. Obverse: bust of a man within a border with circumscription and coats of arms. Reverse: eagle with coat of arms on breast within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-72; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwo…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony

1522

Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man with cap within legend interrupted by four coats of arms. Reverse: floral cross with four letters between within date and legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-115; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking);…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Thaler, emergency coin of Maurice of Saxony from Leipzig, struck during the siege by John Frederick, Elector of Saxony.

1547

Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: one stamp: letters M, H, Z and S above coat of arms; on either side part of year; at the bottom letter L in circle; in lowest point: engraved house mark. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-13; its record gives material recorded as…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Thaler, emergency coin from Gotha of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, struck during the siege by the troops of Elector Augustus of Saxony

1567

Uniface, diamond-shaped emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: a rectangular stamp: letters H, HF, G and K above coat of arms between year. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-26; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); mea…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Saxony, Albertine Line, Christian II, Johann Georg I and August, thaler, 1604

1604

Silver coin. Obverse: armoured bust of the elector facing right, in left hand a helmet and in right hand a sword. Year around head, at the bottom in inscription the electoral coat of arms. Reverse: within a circle of fourteen coats of arms the two portraits of the elector's brothers. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, hold…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Taler of John George I, Elector of Saxony, on the Baptism of His Son August

1614

Square coin, taler. Obverse: portrait of a man within an inscription. Reverse: two crossed swords with a crown within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-597; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements length 3.4 cm x wid…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Ducat from Saxony, Albertine Line, of Sophia, wife of Elector Christian I, 1616

1616

Gold coin. Obverse: crowned monogram consisting of the letters C and L on two crossed swords. Reverse: on a single line the letters I, H, and S. Above it, the All-Seeing Eye and below it, an eagle. Date at the top in legend. Cable edge. Called 'kinderdukaat' (children's ducat) because of the obverse legend. This coi…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Double ducat from Saxony, Albertine Line, of Johann Georg I, 1617

1617

Gold coin. Obverse: between name indication, portrait of the Elector to the right with a sword in his right hand. Below, between date, composite coat of arms. Reverse: between name indication FRID III, portrait of Elector Friedrich III to the right with a sword in his right hand. Below, between the date 1517, compos…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Commemorative half-taler coin from Saxony (Albertine line) in the name of John George I (1591–1656) on the centenary of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession at the Diet

1630

Obverse: bust of a man (John George) with sword above coat of arms within legend. Reverse: bust of a man (John I of Saxony) within legend interrupted by four coats of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-690; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalwor…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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First centenary of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession at the Diet

1630

Obverse: bust of a man with a sword above a coat of arms within an inscription. Reverse: bust of a man within an inscription interrupted by four coats of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-689; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measur…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Quarter reichsthaler coin for the first centenary of the delivery of the Augsburg Confession at the Diet

1630

Obverse: bust of a man with a sword above a coat of arms within a legend. Reverse: bust of a man within a legend interrupted by four coats of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-691; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diame…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Taler of John George III, Elector of Saxony

1683

Obverse: portrait of a man facing right with a sword over his right shoulder and a helmet [?] in front of him, within a circumscription. Reverse: coat of arms covered by eight helmets, within a circumscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1298; its record gives material recorded as gildi…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Taler on the appointment of John George IV, Elector of Saxony, as Knight of the Garter by William III, coin distributed at shooting matches in Dresden

1693

Square silver coin. Obverse: monogram of John George IV, encircled by the Garter and crowned with an electoral bonnet, amidst four coats of arms. Reverse: two crossed broadswords within a rue wreath, crowned with an electoral bonnet, within legend interrupted by four coats of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds…

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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Ducat from Saxony, Albertine Line, of Friedrich August II, 1745

1745

Gold coin. Obverse: crowned ruler on horseback with a sword in his right hand, facing right. Reverse: crowned eagle flying to the left, with a sword in its right claw and a crowned coat of arms on its breast. In exergue, date in Roman numerals. Cable edge. Flange slightly bent. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this…

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