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1 Pfennig - George
| Issuer | Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination numeral I above the inscription PFENNIG in bold capital letters across the central field, with the four-digit date 1852 below and the mint mark F at the bottom. The design is stark and typographic with no additional ornamental elements, framed by a dotted inner border running the full circumference of the coin. |
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Saxe-Altenburg was among the smallest of the Thuringian duchies, and by 1852 its independent coinage was already an anachronism — the German Customs Union had been harmonizing weights and measures for decades, and full monetary unification under Prussia was less than twenty years away. This pfennig was struck under Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, whose reign ended with his death in 1853, making the window for this type exceptionally narrow.