6 Kreuzers - Francis Frederick Anthony

Francis Frederick Anthony ruled Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld for barely three years before his death in 1806, leaving the duchy to his son Ernest — whose own descendants would eventually occupy thrones across Europe. This 6 Kreuzer was struck the year Napoleon was dismantling the old German order, and the small Thuringian duchies were scrambling to assert whatever residual authority remained to them through coinage. The KM#123.2 designation distinguishes this from the closely related .1 variety by a die difference in the reverse legend spacing.