1 Leichter Pfennig - William Henry

Saxe-Eisenach was among the most administratively fragile of the Ernestine duchies, perpetually undersized and financially strained. William Henry ruled from 1741 — which raises an immediate problem: a 1729 date predates his reign, placing this issue under the authority of his predecessor, Johann Wilhelm, who died that year. The duchy passed to William Henry only after Johann Wilhelm's death in 1729, making this coin a product of a transitional moment, possibly struck in the final months of the old reign or as an early posthumous administrative issue.