1 Kreuzer - Bernhard II

Saxe-Meiningen was one of the more financially strained of the Ernestine duchies, and small billon issues like this kreuzer were a practical concession to that reality — the silver content kept low enough to make fractional coinage economically viable for a state with limited mint revenue. Bernhard II ruled from 1803 until his death in 1837, navigating the duchy through the post-Napoleonic reorganization of the German states and the pressures of the 1830s reform movements that destabilized several neighboring territories.

Production ceased with his death, making the 1837 date the final year of the type.