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1 Thaler - Ernest I Death
| Issuer | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1668-1671 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1680-1826) |
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| Obverse description | The field is dominated by a large inverted heart containing an eight-line German devotional inscription in calligraphic script, with the date 1668 and the mint name GOTHA flanking the text at mid-height. Above the heart, a large ornate crown is depicted beneath radiating sunbeams, from which the name IESUS emerges at the top of the field in capital letters. A skull is placed at the base of the heart, serving as a memento mori device. A circular outer border frames the central composition, with a continuous German legend running around the periphery of the coin. The overall design reflects the Lutheran funerary artistic tradition of 17th-century German princely coinage. |
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| Reverse script | German |
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| Mintage | 1668 - - 204 1671 ABK - - 1,300 |
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