1 Thaler - John Ernest VIII Saalfelder Ausbeute

John Ernest VIII ruled Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld during a period when the Thuringian mining districts around Saalfeld were producing enough silver to justify dedicated Ausbeute coinage — pieces struck specifically from mine-yield bullion and intended to advertise that productivity to courts and investors alike. The "Saalfelder Ausbeute" designation marks this as tied directly to the Saalfeld mine output rather than general treasury silver, a distinction that mattered commercially and politically in early eighteenth-century German mining economics.

The KM#60.2 and Dav GT II#2743 references indicate a recognized die variety within what was already a small-duchy issue with limited overall production.