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1 Pfennig - Frederick III
| Issuer | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1770 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#322 |
| Obverse description | Crowned calligraphic monogram 'F' for Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, rendered in an ornate cursive style and surmounted by a ducal crown. A small floral rosette ornament appears in the lower right field, and a foliate spray decorates the lower left beneath the monogram. The field is otherwise unlettered, with a milled border encircling the design. |
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| Reverse description | Five-line inscription arranged in the central field, reading the denomination and issuer's initials, flanked above and below by symmetrical scrollwork or foliate ornaments. The legend identifies the coin as 1 Pfennig of the Herzogthum Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg lands, with the date 1770 on the fourth line and the mintmaster's initial 'K' on the fifth line. The overall layout is bold and well-spaced within a milled border. |
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Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was one of the more administratively coherent of the Ernestine Saxon duchies, though Frederick III's reign was largely unremarkable in monetary terms. The small copper pfennig issues of the 1770s served the lowest tier of daily commerce in a territory of modest size and population. Frederick died in 1772, leaving no male heir, which triggered the duchy's absorption into Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld — making his coinage a short terminal series by circumstance rather than design.