1 Groschen - Frederick August II Vicariat

Features

Issuer	Electorate of Saxony (Albertinian Line) (German States)
Prince elector	Frederick Augustus II (Friedrich August II) (1733-1763)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Years	1741-1742
Value	1 Groschen = 1⁄24 Thaler
Currency	Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition	Bilon
Weight	2.1 g
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 189556
References	Kop# 11526, 11527 Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes). , KahntFr# 642 Helmut Kahnt; 2010. Die Münzen Friedrich Augusts II. von Sachsen/Polen: 1733-1763 = The Coinage of Frederick August II of Saxony/Poland. Battenberg Gietl Verlag. , KM# 905 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Kohl# 524 Christian A. Kohl; 1994. Talerteilstücke des Kurfürstentums Sachsen: Typenkatalog Albertinische Linie 1547-1763 = Thaler Fractionals of the Electorate of Saxony. Münzhandlung Christian A. Kohl, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany. , Schön DM# 142 Gerhard Schön. Deutscher Münzkatalog 18. Jahrhundert 1700-1806. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). , Slg. Merse# 1699 Otto Merseburger; 1894. Sammlung Otto Merseburger umfassend Münzen und Medaillen von Sachsen.: Albertinische und ernestinische Linie = Otto Merseburger Collection comprising coins and medals from Saxony. Münzhandlung Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.

Commemorative issue

Śmierć Karola VI, Świętego Cesarza Rzymskiego Automatically translated

Obverse

Friedrich August na prawym koniu. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: D.G.FRID.AUG REX POL DUX SAX ARCHIM & ELECTOR

Reverse

Pusty tron na podwyższeniu z symbolami urzędu. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
IN PROVINSIIS IUR SAXON PROVISOREI VICARIUS 1741
1 (_)

Mint

Dresden, Germany

Comments

W 1740 r. zmarł Święty Cesarz Rzymski Karol VI, co spowodowało problem z sukcesją w HRE. Do czasu zaakceptowania Marii Teresy jako nowego władcy HRE Fryderyk August II rządził Saksonią jako zastępca (vicarius) cesarza.

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Date	UNC	References	Frequency
Undetermined
1741	$ 360	Kop# 11526 Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).	100%
1742		Kop# 11527 Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).	0%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2025 October 12 - 13 Spotlight: German States World Coins Showcase Auction 61556 Lot 22368	12 Oct 2025	1741 – Kop# 11526	UNC (NGC MS61)	USD 384.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232018 Lot 65310	29 Apr 2020	1741 – Kop# 11526	UNC (PCGS MS64)	USD 312.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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