Triton XIX, Lot: 2371. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum). Friedrich August II (August III von Polen). 1733-1763. Plated CU August d’or – 5 Talers (25mm, 6.62 g, 11h). Contemporary counterfeit of the Seven Years War. Uncertain mint in Prussia. Dated 1756 EC, though struck circa 1759. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms within wreath. Olding 468; Cf. Kahnt 670 (for official issue); cf. KM 943 (same); cf. Friedberg 2857 (same). Choice EF, lustrous, flan cracks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) V (3 November 1983), lot 653.

This piece is one of a broad series plated counterfeit Saxon-Polish coins that were produced in Prussia. Gold and silver coins were debased or plated and circulated by the Prussians in Saxony with the intent of devaluing the currency system.