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1⁄12 Thaler - Albert III Death of Marie Elisabeth
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Coburg (German States) |
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| Year | 1687-1867 |
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| Weight | 2.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, facing right, her hair elaborately styled in tight curls and ringlets piled high upon the head, with a pearl necklace at the throat and lace-trimmed drapery at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the late Baroque manner. The circular Latin legend MARIA ELISABETHA · DUC · SAX · IUL · runs along the periphery, separated from the field by an inner beaded border and an outer toothed rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | MARIA ELISABETHA · DUC · SAX · IUL · |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a seven-line funerary inscription in the central field recording the biographical data of Marie Elisabeth: her birth at Brunswick on 27 January 1638, her death at Coburg on 15 February 1687, and her age of 49 years. The denomination mark 12 appears in a small cartouche at the base of the field. A circular Latin legend encompassing her full titles as Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, Jülich, Cleves and Berg, and her origin as a princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, runs around the periphery between an inner beaded border and an outer toothed rim. |
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