1 Thaler    (sold for $200.0)

1827, Saxony, Frederick Augustus I. Silver "Death" Thaler Coin. Low mintage!

Mint Year: 1827 Mint Place: Dresden Mintage: 14,000 pcs. Reference: KM-1111.1. Mint Master: Johann Gotthelf Studer (S) Denomination: Thaler (Convention) - Death of King Frederick August I. Condition: Numerous contact-marks, digs and a few scratches, lightly tooled/smoothed obverse, minor deposits, otherwise VF-XF! Weight: 27.81gm Diameter: 37mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Head of Anthony as King of Saxony right. Legend: FRIEDR. AUGUST * KOENIG V. SACHSEN Reverse: Inscription in three lines within wreath. Mint master´s initial (S) and abbreviated fractional silver mark value (X.E.F.M. = 1/10th of a silver Mark) below. Legend: VOLLENDET DEN 5 MAI 1827 / PSALM 91 V.14.16

Frederick Augustus I (full name: Frederick Augustus Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xavier) (German: Friedrich August I.; 23 December 1750 – 5 May 1827) was King of Saxony (1805–1827) from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III (Friedrich August III.) of Saxony (1763–1806) and Duke Frederick Augustus I (Polish: Fryderyk August I) of Warsaw (1807–1813). The Augustusplatz in Leipzig is named after him