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6 Kreuzers - Frederick I
| Issuer | Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1820-1825 |
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| Value | 6 Kreuzers (1⁄24) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a three-line central inscription stating the denomination '6 KREUZER' and the date of issue, enclosed between a peripheral legend reading 'H.S.H.H' at the top arc and 'LAND MUNZE' along the lower arc, together identifying this as an official territorial currency of the Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The typography is clean and upright, consistent with the utilitarian style of German billon coinage of the Conventionsthaler standard. No additional ornamental devices appear in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | H.S.H.H 6 KREUZER 1825 LAND MUNZE |
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Saxe-Hildburghausen was among the smallest and most financially precarious of the Thuringian duchies, and its billon coinage of the 1820s reflects that reality directly. Frederick I ruled a territory of under 20,000 subjects and was chronically dependent on subsidies from the larger Saxon houses. The duchy's independent coinage history ended when Frederick abdicated in 1826 — exchanging Hildburghausen for Saxe-Altenburg following a dynastic reshuffling among the Ernestine lines — making this among the final issues struck in the duchy's name.