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20 Kreuzers - Ernest Frederick
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1765 |
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| Value | 20 Kreuzers (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of Duke Ernest Frederick facing right, enclosed within a wreath of laurel branches tied at the base. The portrait is rendered in a baroque style with fine detail to the cuirass and drapery. The circular Latin legend runs along the outer edge of the wreath, interrupted at the base by the wreath tie. |
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| Obverse lettering | ERNESTVS FRIDERICVS. D. G. D. S. COBVRG SAALFELD. |
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Ernest Frederick ruled Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld during one of the duchy's more financially strained periods, and coinage from 1765 reflects the broader fiscal pressures bearing down on the smaller Ernestine duchies in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War. The war had ended just two years prior, leaving many of the minor German states scrambling to rebuild depleted treasuries while simultaneously honoring pre-war debt obligations.
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld itself was the product of a 1735 inheritance that united two previously separate lines — a dynastic consolidation that did little to solve the chronic underfunding that plagued the house throughout Ernest Frederick's tenure.