Are these 1/12 thalers identical coins?

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Hi there old coin specialists, 

 

One more question about old Germen coins: 

I have this 1/12 thaler: N#19195  from the Electorate of Saxony for a long time now, but while looking for a Polish/Lituanian coin I also found this one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces258500.html 

I can not find a difference between them, so I think it is the same coin that was put in two different countries. If not, it seems to need an explaination about the crucial differences and have a link to the other coin, so people can find the correct coin. 

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Without pictures, it will be very difficult for anyone to help you. Could you please post clear pictures of each side of your item?

 

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Hi

This might be because the king of saxony and the king of the polish lithuanina king were the same. Hence the use of the same coin. August the II is August the III of Poland-Lithuania 

 

hope this helped :)

Same coin.

 

Circulated in both places because the Polish “royal” mint did not operate between the 1690s and 1766.

The pictures from the Poland-Lithuania page should be move to the Saxony page as they are better images. And the Kop# 11310 reference should be added to the Saxony page. Then the Poland-Lithuania page should be removed and users attached to the Saxony page.

 

This also suggests we should look for other similar duplicates.

This one is done.  

 

It's a bit of a mess with this ruler …  

I think the coins he struck with the title Augustus III (his Polish regnal number) are taken to have been for circulation in Poland (even though struck in Leipzig or Dresden).  

The minors (1/12, 1/24, 1/48, dreier …) bear different titles (or none) and I think were struck for circulation in both places, which is why there are some duplicates in the catalog.

Topic moved to "Numista coin catalog" (ZacUK, 3 Apr 2024, 22:14)

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