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1 Thaler - John Philip I, Frederick VIII, John William IV, and Frederick William II
| Issuer | Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1605-1612 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This thaler commemorates the joint rule of four brothers — John Philip I, Frederick VIII, John William IV, and Frederick William II — who governed Saxe-Altenburg collectively following the 1602 partition of the Ernestine Saxon lands. Co-rulership among Ernestine heirs was a recurring administrative reality, driven by inheritance customs that resisted primogeniture well into the seventeenth century. The arrangement lasted only until John Philip I eventually consolidated sole authority after his brothers died without surviving male issue.