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2 Kreuzer - Ernest Frederick III
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen (German States) |
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| Year | 1761 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1759-1826) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Saxe-Hildburghausen was among the smallest and most financially precarious of the Ernestine Saxon duchies, perpetually indebted and reliant on imperial subsidies. Ernest Frederick III ruled a territory so cash-strapped that small billon issues like this one were often struck to meet immediate fiscal obligations rather than as part of any coherent monetary policy. The duchy's coinage rights were exercised erratically throughout his reign.
1761 falls squarely within the Seven Years' War, when coin metal was scarce across the German states and billon — already a debased alloy — was the practical ceiling for small denomination production.