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2 Marks - Charles Alexander
| Issuer | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| Year | 1892 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The standard German Imperial eagle displayed with wings spread, facing left, surmounted by the Imperial crown. The eagle bears on its breast a shield charged with the Hohenzollern arms, surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Black Eagle, with sceptre and orb at the sides. Two small six-pointed stars flank the lower legend ZWEI MARK, while the circular legend DEUTSCHES REICH with the date 1892 runs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | Berlin Mint (Münze Berlin) |
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Charles Alexander ruled Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from 1853 until his death in 1901, making this 1892 issue a relatively late product of his reign. The Grand Duchy had a long association with German intellectual culture — Goethe and Schiller both worked under ducal patronage there — though by 1892 that reputation was essentially historical capital rather than living policy. German states retained the right to strike commemorative and circulation silver under the 1871 imperial coinage framework, but that window was narrowing. Charles Alexander's issues are modestly scarce simply because Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was one of the smaller constituent states.