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1 Kreuzer - Frederick August and Frederick William Dickkreuzer
| Issuer | Nassau, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Value | 1 Kreuzer (1⁄144) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the crowned Nassau lion rampant to the left on a field semy of billets (bezants), the whole surmounted by a ducal crown. The shield is encircled by a beaded outer border with the legend reading HERZOGL• NASS• SCHEIDE MÜNZ• disposed around the periphery in Latin script. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination and date are presented in four horizontal lines within the central field, reading 1 KREU= ZER 1808, flanked on either side by vertical dividing rules. The whole is encircled by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns, with an outer beaded border. The mint master's initial L appears in the exergue below. |
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Nassau's 1808 coinage emerged from a duchy in rapid political transformation. The Confederation of the Rhine, formed under Napoleon's pressure in 1806, had just reorganized Nassau's fragmented territories into a single unified duchy, merging the Usingen and Weilburg lines under Frederick August and Frederick William as co-rulers — an arrangement that lasted only until Frederick August's death in 1803 put Frederick William sole in charge. The coin's dual attribution to both rulers reflects that brief transitional moment in the catalog record rather than actual co-regency at the strike date.