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2 Reichsthaler - John Casimir and John Ernest
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach |
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| Year | 1587-1597 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two facing half-length effigies of the co-ruling dukes John Casimir (left) and John Ernest (right) are depicted face-to-face at center, each clad in elaborately engraved armour with ruffled collars, their bearded portraits rendered in high relief in the late Renaissance style. The date 1587 appears in the lower field between the two figures. A circular beaded border frames the composition, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery reading IOHANNES CASIMIRVS ET IOHANNES ERNESTVS D G FRAT ET DVC SAXONIAE, identifying the two brothers by name and title as Dukes of Saxony by the grace of God. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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John Casimir and John Ernest ruled Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach jointly following a dynastic partition that left the Ernestine branch of the Wettin family controlling an increasingly fragmented patchwork of Thuringian territories. Joint-rule coinages of this kind were a deliberate political statement — dual portraiture on a large silver piece affirmed shared sovereignty and discouraged either party's creditors or rivals from exploiting succession ambiguities. The duchy itself was extinguished at John Casimir's death in 1633, when his lands were absorbed back into Saxe-Coburg.
At 60 mm across, these are among the larger double-thaler formats produced in the Ernestine mints, struck across a decade-long window rather than a single campaign — individual pieces can vary noticeably in die state and surface quality as a result.