A rarer vintage, with the initials IGS and the hak mark of the Dresden mint's mincmaster, Johann Goerg Schomburg.
A nicely preserved coin. Good detail, especially on the royal portrait. Surface with lots of mint mirror.
Attractive art.
Obverse: bust of the king to the right, wearing armor covered with a Roman cloak.
DG FRID AUGUST REX POL DUX SAX I C M A & W
Reverse: below the crown, two shields of arms with the coats of arms of Poland and Saxony, below the date 1723 and the initials IGS along with the mint mark hak
SAC ROM IMP ARCHIM ET ELECTOR
Diameter 46 mm, weight 29.05 g
During the time of Augustus the Strong, the mints of the Republic were not put into operation. In the strict sense of the word, no Polish or Lithuanian coins were minted at that time. From the point of view of the applicable law, the Leipzig issues belonged to the Saxon mint. Nevertheless, due to the Polish denominations and the Polish name of the king - August II, and not Frederick Augustus as on Saxon coins - some of the coins in this group are included in the Polish minting. These include sixpences, orts, thalers half-ducats and ducats. In addition, the Moscow mint issued Lithuanian sixpences, while the Gdansk mint issued ducats, two-ducats and shekels. A significant area of mint production during the reign of Augustus the Strong is also occupied by commemorative coins, tokens, as well as private issues.
