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This medal represents Friedrich III der Weise of Saxony. The series of medals or <font -i>Schautalers</font> made for Friedrich der Weise from 1508 to 1519 are arguably amongst the first German Renaissance medals. Although Friedrich was appointed Lieutenant General by Maximilian (later Emperor Maximilian) for only a few months, he retained the title until Maximilian died in 1519. <font -i>Schautalers</font> were legal currency, but were primarily intended as show-pieces, as the name implied, and were produced partly for propaganda purposes, to publicise the Elector's title. The newly-discovered silvermines in Saxony were used to provide the metal. The medals were based on a stone model by the court-painter Lucas Cranach, and some were produced in Saxony; most however were made in Nuremberg, where the Elector's agents, Anton Tucher and Anton Tetzel, negotiated for him with the Mint-masters Hans Krug, and later Hans Krafft. 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