1086462 | GERMAN STATES. Saxony-Albertine. Friedrich the Wise. (1512) ND AR Guldengroschen (Taler). PCGS MS63. Hall or Dresden mint. Bust, right / Eagle with haloed head, left; legends around with the name and title of Maximilian I. Dav.-9699; Schnee 37.

This Renaissance mastwerwork commemorates the new office of Governor-General, which was conferred upon the Elector by King Maximilian I at the Diet of Constance on August 8, 1507. After Maximilian I returned from his election as Holy Roman Emperor in Trent on February 4, 1508, the office of Governor-General held by Frederick the Wise became obsolete. However, he was permitted to retain the title of Governor-General for life as an honorary distinction. The dies of this Guldiner were originally intended for minting double gulden types;Emperor Maximilian had also commissioned double Guldengroschen and gold strikings. It is not possible to determine whether the single Guldiners were minted at the Hall mint or in Dresden after the dies were later sent to Saxony. Superb and exceptional ; one of the finest surviving examples of the type.

Housed in an oversized holder. Includes original collector's envelope.


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Friedrich the Wise founded the University of Wittenberg, where Martin Luther taught, and is remembered as the man who saved Martin Luther from the fury of the Catholic Church.