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5 Mark - William Ernest Duke's Marriage
| Issuer | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The standard Imperial German crowned eagle displayed, with wings spread, facing left, bearing on its breast a heraldic shield. The eagle is surrounded by a detailed laurel and oak wreath at its base and is surmounted by the Imperial crown with cross. The circular legend 'DEUTSCHES REICH 1903' runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 'FÜNF MARK' appears in the lower field, flanked by small five-pointed stars. The entire design is bordered by a raised beaded rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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William Ernest (Wilhelm Ernst) married Caroline Reuss zu Greiz in 1903, and like most German states under the Second Reich, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach exercised its retained right to strike commemorative coinage for dynastic occasions — one of the few meaningful expressions of princely autonomy left after 1871. The marriage itself proved short; Caroline died in 1905, just two years after this coin was struck.