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10 Kreuzers - Ernest I
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1831-1834 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The quartered arms of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, displaying the traditional Ernestine Saxon barry with diagonal rута (crancelin) bend, are depicted on a shield surmounted by a ducal crown. The shield is flanked by a wreath composed of an olive branch to the left and an oak branch to the right, tied with a ribbon bow at the base. The denomination numeral 10 is prominently displayed at the foot of the design, flanked by the date year, with the mark indicator E. MARK appearing along the right border in the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ernest I came to rule a duchy that had only existed in its combined form since 1826, when the Congress of Vienna's territorial reshuffling finally resolved the Ernestine inheritance disputes and merged Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld with Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. This 10 Kreuzer issue belongs to the earliest phase of that consolidated coinage — a new state still working out what it was.
The .500 fineness reflects the broader debasement of subsidiary silver coinage across the German states during this period, driven by the South German monetary convention of 1837 that was already being anticipated in mint policy years before its ratification.