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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: A well circulated VF! Mint Master: Ernst Dietrich Croll (E.D.C.) Reference: Davenport 2690, KM-992.1.  R! Weight: 27.61gm Diameter: 39mm 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.