Posthumous issue minted for Queen Christina Eberhardyna, who was the first wife of August II the Strong and mother of August III Sas. In 1697, when August II converted to Catholicism after his coronation as King of Poland, he fell into a marital conflict with Eberhardyna that lasted until her death in 1727. Despite her title as Queen of Poland, Eberhardyna had never been to Poland.
The only piece with the highest mark in the NGC register and the only MS.
Detail sharp, background with intense mint mirror.
A numismatic coin of outstanding beauty and extremely rare in the condition presented.
Obverse: inscription in twelve lines, above it a royal apple
IN MEMORIAM CHRISTIANAE EBERHARDINAE REGINAE
Reverse: cypress between two pyramids made of hearts
QVOT FOLIA TOT CORDIA LVGENT
Christina Eberhardina was born on December 19, 1671, to a family of margraves in Bayreuth. Unlike many other princesses, she grew up loved and cared for by her parents. She received a good education and was brought up by court chaplains in the sense of strict Lutheran Protestantism, while her parents were decidedly more religiously oriented. Since Christine Eberhardine was extremely attractive and intelligent, her parents had big marriage plans for her. Krystyna Eberhardyna married an unsuitable man according to her parents, Prince Frederick August of Saxony, or Augustus the Strong, later king of Poland, in 1693. Guided by her Protestant conscience, Eberhardine strongly opposed her husband's religious and political aspirations.
It soon became apparent that there were very big personality differences between the young couple. Frederick Augustus, who had wide-ranging interests and was extremely playful and enterprising, had no ambitions to lead a harmonious married life with his serious and religiously inclined wife.
