5 Thalers - 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 coin
Years 1753-1754
Value 5 Thalers
Currency Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition Gold (.900)
Weight 6.47 g
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
191909
References KM# A943,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Fr# 2859,
Arthur L. Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg, Robert Friedberg; 2017. Gold Coins of the World : From Ancient Times to the Present (9th edition). Coin & Currency Institute, Williston, Vermont, United States.
KahntFr# 669,
Helmut Kahnt; 2010. Die Münzen Friedrich Augusts II. von Sachsen/Polen 1733-1763. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
Slg. Merse# 1724,
Otto Merseburger; 1894. Sammlung Otto Merseburger umfassend Münzen und Medaillen von Sachsen. Albertinische und ernestinische Linie. Münzhandlung Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, Germany.
Kop# 2150
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych / Część 1.1. Teksty Poz. 1-7058. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne - Zarząd Główny, Warsaw, Poland.
And 3 more volumes.

Obverse

Crowned, draped bust right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: D G AVGVSTVS III REX POLONIARUM

Reverse

Crowned arms within branches.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECT

Mint

Leipzig, Germany

Marks

C Ernst Dietrich Kroll, Mint Master, Weilburg (1749-1752), Leipzig (1762-1764), Dresden (1764-1778)
EC Ernst Dietrich Kroll, Mint Master, Weilburg (1749-1752), Leipzig (1753-1763), Dresden (1764-1778)

Comments

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1753  C
1754  EC

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