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6 Pfennig - Ernest August Constantin
| Issuer | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| Year | 1756-1759 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Imperial orb displaying the Roman numeral 'VI' within its lower globe, flanked to either side by the mintmaster's initials 'F S', all surmounted by a cross. The orb is crowned and rendered in relief at center. The circular legend reading 'F. S. W. V. E. L. M.' surrounds the device, with the date split to either side of the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | F. S. W. V. E. L. M. F S VI 17 57 |
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Ernest August Constantin ruled Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach during the Seven Years' War, which tore directly through Thuringia between 1756 and 1763. The duchy's finances were badly strained by Prussian and French troop movements through the region, and small silver issues like this one were produced partly to meet the acute shortage of circulating coinage that wartime disruption created. The Slg. Merseburg reference places this among a well-documented but thinly struck series from a minor mint operating under considerable fiscal pressure.