A very rare vintage of a very rare denomination of Augustus II the Strong.
Coins of the 1/6 thaler denomination were only minted in two vintages, 1706 and 1707, where the 1706 vintage is by far the rarer one on the market.
Issued with the shields of the Republic and the titulature of the King of Poland, with the initials IL-H of Jan Lorenz Holland, mincmaster of the Dresden mint.
Very well preserved details. Glossy background with minor scratches. Punctual disc crack at 12/1 o'clock.
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.
