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1⁄12 Thaler - Ernest Frederick
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1774-1785 |
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| Value | 1⁄12 Reichsthaler = 1⁄16 Conventionsthaler |
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| Obverse description | Ornate baroque shield bearing a four-fold quartered coat of arms, surmounted by a crowned and elaborately mantled frame. The shield is centrally positioned in the field, with the ducal crown prominently displayed above. The circumferential legend encircles the design, reading MONETA NOVA SAALFELD in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was among the smallest and most financially strained of the Ernestine duchies, and Ernest Frederick's long reign was marked by chronic debt and the kind of fiscal pressures that made fractional silver issues like this one a practical necessity rather than a prestige exercise. Billon at .438 fineness was essentially the floor for anything still calling itself silver coinage.
The eleven-year production window across this type likely reflects intermittent striking rather than continuous output — a pattern common among the minor Thuringian courts that lacked the mint infrastructure to sustain regular runs.