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2 Groschen - Bernhard I Death
| Issuer | Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1706 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1680-1765) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke Bernhard I of Saxe-Meiningen facing right, wearing a long flowing wig in the late Baroque style. The effigy is rendered with fine detail in the drapery and hair. A circular legend in Latin script surrounds the portrait, naming the duke. The design fills the field to the inner border, with reeded edge visible at the rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Bernhard I of Saxe-Meiningen died in 1706 after ruling for only fourteen years, having inherited the duchy as part of the 1681 division of Saxe-Gotha among the seven sons of Ernest the Pious. These memorial groschen were a standard practice among the Ernestine branches — death coins struck quickly after a ruler's passing, serving both as dynastic announcement and as a vehicle for whatever silver the small court could mobilize on short notice. Saxe-Meiningen was among the smallest and least wealthy of the partition states, which kept mintage figures modest across all its issues.