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1/2 Thaler - William Ernest Bicentenary of the Reformation
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (German States) |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1717 Reformation bicentenary was a major commemorative occasion across Lutheran German states, and Saxe-Weimar was among the most theologically invested of them — the duchy had been a stronghold of Lutheran orthodoxy since the Reformation itself, and Duke William Ernest was known for his intense personal piety, founding the so-called "Bible War" of 1710 through his insistence on mandatory scripture reading among his subjects. Several German courts struck commemorative issues that year; Saxe-Weimar's contribution to this numismatic outpouring sits among the better-documented examples, catalogued across four distinct references.