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1 Groschen - August Death
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels (German States) |
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| Year | 1669 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#5 Merse#2319, Götz#6190 |
| Obverse description | Central field displays a large interlaced AM cypher monogram surmounted by a ducal crown, the whole flanked by two crossed palm branches extending from below. The crowned monogram references the deceased Duchess Augusta Maria. A circular Latin legend runs along the coin's periphery within a milled border, reading DEVM QVI HABET OMNIA HABET. |
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| Obverse lettering | DEVM QVI HABET OMNIA HABET |
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Saxe-Weissenfels was created in 1657 when Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony divided his territories among his sons — a dynastic habit that splintered the Wettin holdings into a proliferation of tiny duchies, most of which lasted only a generation or two before reverting to the electorate. August, the first Duke, died in 1680, making this 1669 issue a mid-reign piece rather than a death memorial despite the catalog designation. "Death" groschen of this type were struck as mourning coins upon a ruler's passing, and later issues in this series would serve exactly that function.