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1 Kreuzer - Bernhard II
| Issuer | Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1828-1830 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 1 KREUZER is boldly inscribed in two lines across the upper portion of the field, separated from the date by a horizontal fringed bar draped with a leafy garland. The date 1829 appears below the bar, with the decorative garland framing the lower reverse. The overall design is simple and typographic, characteristic of small-denomination German states coinage of the early 19th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bernhard II came to rule Saxe-Meiningen in 1803 under a regency council and spent decades navigating the fractured post-Napoleonic reorganization of the Thuringian duchies. By 1828, when this kreuzer entered production, the duchy had only recently consolidated several smaller territorial inheritances following the death of Duke Georg I. The copper coinage of these minor German states was struck in short runs, often contracted to regional mints, and saw limited circulation beyond the duchy's own market towns.