Issuing authority
Kingdom of Saxony
German kingdom whose thalers and later mark-era coins carry its own rulers.
- Kind
- kingdom
- Region
- Central Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- 1806 – 1918
Constituent kingdom of the German Empire from 1871; monarchy ended 1918.
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.
Published entries
5
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
5 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1850 – 1871
4 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (5)
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modern coins
Saxony Thaler
18th-19th century
The Saxony Thaler is a silver coin of the Saxon state struck across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Operating within the North German monetary framework, it served as the currency unit of the Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony until 1857. In 1841, Saxony partially decimalized its thaler to align with the Pru…
Partial type record
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
stamps
3pf Saxony on cover
1850
1850 cover with German state 3pf Brick red stamp. Museum record — Materials: paper; ink (brick red).
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Kingdom of Saxony, Johann, ausbeutethaler, 1864
1864
Silver coin. Obverse: head of the king facing left. Below the head, the letter B. Reverse: crowned coat of arms supported by two miners as supporters. Below it, date in legend, which also contains the value indication. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0843; its record gives m…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Neugroschen from the Kingdom of Saxony of Johann, 1870
1870
Silver coin. Obverse: head of the king facing left. Below the head, the letter B. Reverse: value indication in three lines, below which the date. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0846A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); meas…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Kingdom of Saxony, Johann, 2 neugroschen, 1871
1871
Silver coin. Obverse: head of the king facing left. Below the head, the letter B. Reverse: value indication in three lines, below which the date. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0846B; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); meas…
Partial type record
Entries by catalogue category
- Modern World Coins4
- Postage Stamps1
Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver3
- Paper1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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