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1/2 Thaler - John Casimir and John Ernest
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1601-1604 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | D. G. IOHA. CASI. E. IOH. ERNS. FRA. DVCES. SAXON FRID. ERNEHRT - UNFRID. VER. ZEHRT. |
| Reverse description | The shield of the ducal Saxony arms is centrally placed within a circle, flanked by the divided mintmaster's or workshop initials C - O. The date of issue appears above the central shield. Surrounding the central composition is an arrangement of thirteen small shields of arms, each representing a territorial claim or possession of the duchy, disposed in a circular pattern within the field. A Latin legend denoting the rulers' further titles runs along the outer border of the reverse. |
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Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach existed as a joint duchy only between 1596 and 1633, when brothers John Casimir and John Ernest ruled together under the terms of their father's inheritance arrangement. The brevity of that co-rulership window makes the entire coinage of this period inherently short-lived, and pieces dated to the early years of the joint reign — before the brothers' relationship soured into open territorial dispute — are correspondingly scarce.
The Grasser reference places this among a small documented series. Four years of production under two signatures was never going to yield large mintages.