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3pf Saxony on cover

Smithsonian National Postal Museum

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3pf Saxony on cover

1850

1850 cover with German state 3pf Brick red stamp. Museum record — Materials: paper; ink (brick red).

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Kingdom of Saxony, Johann, 2 neugroschen, 1871

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…

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Kingdom of Saxony, Johann, ausbeutethaler, 1864

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…

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Neugroschen from the Kingdom of Saxony of Johann, 1870

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…

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Saxony Thaler

Windrain via Wikimedia Commons

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…

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