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20 Kreuzers - Ernest I
| Issuer | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1835-1836 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1835 - - 16,010 1836 - - 44,770 |
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Ernest I ruled Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 following the administrative merger of the two duchies, a consolidation forced by the Ernestine line's chronic fragmentation of territory across generations. The 20 Kreuzer denomination served the south German currency system, which Saxe-Coburg and Gotha participated in despite its geographic awkwardness — the duchy's two halves, Coburg and Gotha, were physically separated by intervening territory belonging to other states. Ernest's coinage years here, 1835–36, fall just before his son Albert's fateful departure to England and the dynasty's reinvention as a British royal house.