Large Saxon Coin - any help ID'ing would be appreciated

[time4me]

I didn't find this coin with the detector, but I did find it in a small box of coins that were given to me by an elderly neighbor friend whose husband had passed away.

It has a small loop soldered onto it so it was likely worn as a medallion of some kind.

It has a date of 1592 above the heads of the three figures on one side of the coin. The writing around the edge reads: CHRISTIAN - IOHAN : GEORG - ET - AVGVSTVS

The writing on the back side reads: CES - SAXON FRAT : ET - DV







Any information you can provide about this coin would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Jim

[Montana Jim]

SAXONY - ALTENBURG (German State) 1 TALER, 1592 (Three Brothers)

Silver coin with 29,11 grams  ( I have no idea if yours is silver )
Christian II, with Johann Georg & Ausgustus and Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe-Altenburg, Regent. (1591 - 1601)
Obv.: CHRISTIAN.IOHAN.GEORG.ET.AVGVSTVS 1595
Rev.: FRAT.ET.DV CES.SAXON
Ref.: Dav.: 9820

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gal...php?pos=-35249

Possibly worth...   Valuable. Looks like maybe several hundred bucks.

http://books.google.com/books?id=vY4vvxflNcQC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=1+TALER, +1595+(Three+Brothers)+&source=web&ots=YzQnDZQesF& sig=Oe-9sdW87BkD4NhlCPrBQ0x3i8A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result &resnum=4&ct=result

[Mackaydon]

Here's a 1595 that sold for $560 in 2005
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...gl=us&ie=UTF-8

And here's some history:
"...a beautifull silver thaler of Saxony. Christian II, Johann Georg and August of the Albertine line.
The mintmaster's initials HB appear on the reverse of this coin at the upper right near the rim.
The Albertine line was founded by Albrecht the Courageous, who was a grandson of Friedrick, margrave of Meissen and Thuringia. Friedrick's gransdons Ernst and Albrecht divided the family property in 1495 ( into the Ernestine and Albertine lines) with Albert obtaining Meissn and Osterland, in what later became the kingdom of Saxony.
Christian II (b. Dresden, 23 September, 1583 - d. Dresden, 23 June, 1611) was a Elector of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin.He was the eldest son of Christian I of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.

Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591, with only eight years. For this, his kinsman, the Duke Frederick Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar, assumed the regency of the Electorate until 1601, when Christian was declared an adult and began his government.

In the course of the event that eventually led to the Thirty Years' War, his refusal to step the union of Abhausen deepened the division between the Protestant German states.

In Dresden on 12 September 1602, Christian married with Hedwig, daughter of the King Frederick II of Denmark. This marriage was childless.

Without direct heirs, on his death his brother Johann Georg succeeded him as Elector".

The coin referenced next may have sold for $185.

Source:

http://cgi.ebay.es/1595-Saxony-Medie...QQcmdZViewItem

And here's a 1596 that sold for $116.
http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/vso/v23/g...444&nbfic=2502

[time4me]

Thanks for the info! This is great!!

Jim