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1775, Saxony, Frederick Augustus III. Large Silver Mining Thaler Coin. Scarce!

Mint year: 1775
Mint Place: Dresden
Denomination: Mining Thaler
Condition: Toned, otherwise a nice AU+
Mint Master: Ernst Dietrich Croll (E.D.C.)
Reference: Davenport 2690, KM-992.1. R!
Weight: 27.97gm
Diameter: 40mm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Bust of Frederick Augustus III (as Elector of Saxony) right.
Legend: FRID : AVGVST : D : G : DUX SAX : ELECTOR

Reverse: Ducal cap on oval arms of Saxony, flanked by olive sprays. Mint master´s initials (I.D.C.), value in silver mark and date (1775) below.
Legend: DER SEGEN - DES BERGBAUES ("The blessing of Mining!")
Exergue: I.D.C. / X. EINE MARCK F: / 1775

Frederick Augustus I (full name: Frederick Augustus Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xavier) (German: Friedrich August I.; b. Dresden, 23 December 1750 - d. Dresden, 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.