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1⁄24 Thaler - Ernest Frederick III Charles
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen (German States) |
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| Year | 1760 |
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| Weight | 1.92 g |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate interlaced cursive 'E' monogram in baroque style, surmounted by a ducal crown, with foliate and scrollwork flourishes flanking the base of the monogram. A horizontal ruled line separates the monogram from the commemorative date inscription below. The field is plain and unadorned, focusing attention on the ornate central device. |
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| Obverse lettering | E E 22 FEBR 1760 |
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Saxe-Hildburghausen was one of the most financially precarious of the Ernestine duchies — so small and debt-ridden that the Imperial Aulic Council effectively placed it under financial administration in 1769, just nine years after this piece was struck. Ernest Frederick III Charles ruled a territory of roughly 400 square kilometers and was chronically unable to service the duchy's obligations without subsidies from the wider Ernestine circle. That this coinage was produced at all in 1760, the height of the Seven Years' War, speaks to the compulsory participation of even the most marginal German states in maintaining nominal monetary presence.