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1 Pfennig - Ernest I
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1833-1837 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄576) |
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| Obverse lettering | HERZOGTHUM S.COBURG GOTHA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ernest I ruled Saxe-Coburg and Gotha following the duchy's reorganization under the 1826 division of the Ernestine lands — a territorial reshuffle that dissolved Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and created the awkward dual-duchy arrangement his family would carry into the Victorian age. Small copper pfennigs of this type circulated across a patchwork of German states where currency interoperability was perpetually contested, predating the monetary standardization that the Zollverein would gradually impose after 1834.