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1 Thaler - Frederick II
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (German States) |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, facing right, wearing a long flowing allonge wig rendered in elaborate curls. The duke is portrayed in armour with a lace cravat visible at the collar, in the baroque portrait style typical of German princely coinage of the early 18th century. The circumferential Latin legend reads FRIDERICVS II D.G. DVX SAXO GOTHanvs, interrupted by the truncation of the bust at the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a detailed vineyard scene with rows of grapevines and stakes filling the lower half of the coin. Above the vineyard, rays of divine light emanate from an all-seeing eye set within a radiant triangle emerging from clouds, symbolising God's providential watchfulness — a reference to Psalm 121 and the Reformation Bicentennial. In the exergue, a cartouche bears the two-line Latin inscription commemorating the second Evangelical Jubilee. The curved legend NON DORMIT CUSTOS arcs across the upper field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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