^Lot 959 Albertine Saxony (German States), taler, Friedrich August I, 1711-ILH, Dresden mint, PCGS AU detail

Albertine Saxony (German States), taler, Friedrich August I, 1711-ILH, Dresden mint, PCGS AU detail / mount removed. KM-803; Dav-2655. Vividly rainbow-toned obverse, the reverse non-toned, somewhat lustrous per the grade but with scratches in fields and solder-mark at top, a popular large coin (oversized PCGS holder) in the name of Friedrich August I of Saxony (also known as August the Strong) as Imperial Vicar upon the untimely death of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I by smallpox (effectively ending the Habsburg effort in the War of Spanish Succession), at which time August ruled the northern territories of the Empire for less than half a year before the ascension of Joseph's brother Charles VI. PCGS #44835871.