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2 Thalers / 3½ Gulden - Bernhard II
| Issuer | Saxe-Meiningen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1841 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the dual denomination in four lines — 3½ / GULDEN / 2 / THALER — surmounted by the date 1841, all enclosed within a finely detailed wreath of oak branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The legend VEREINSMÜNZE arcs across the upper field, while VII EINE F. MARK appears along the lower periphery, referencing the fineness standard of seven coins per fine Cologne mark, all within a toothed border. |
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| Mintage | 1841 - - 11,760 |
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Bernhard II's rule over Saxe-Meiningen was defined less by coinage than by political turbulence — he had already granted his duchy a liberal constitution in 1829, one of the more progressive acts among the Thuringian states, and spent subsequent years navigating pressure from both his own subjects and the Austrian-dominated German Confederation. The double thaler denomination itself was a product of the Dresden Convention of 1838, which standardized a bimetallic coinage framework across the German states and mandated this heavy 2-Thaler format as a common cross-border trade piece.
Saxe-Meiningen's tiny mint output means survivors in any grade are genuinely scarce.