Description
Country or authority: Electorate of Saxony, Albertine
Year or date range: 1753
Denomination: 1 Pfennig
Composition: Billon
Ruler or portrait: Friedrich August II, also Augustus III of Poland
Mint or mintmark: Dresden; FWôF, Friedrich Wilhelm ô Feral
Catalogue references: Saxony-Albertine: KM 894
Obverse description: First photograph: orb surmounted by an ornate cross, containing a stylised pfennig sign, within a scrolling cartouche. Split date reads 1[7]–53, with the second digit weak. Horizontal mintmaster’s hook below; toothed border. No surrounding legend.
Reverse description: Second photograph: crowned, quartered Polish-Lithuanian arms with eagles and mounted riders, incorporating a small electoral Saxon shield. Mintmaster’s initials F W ô F below. Toothed border; no surrounding legend.
