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6 Pfennig - Francis Josias
| Issuer | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| Year | 1752-1753 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Imperial orb bearing the Roman numeral 'VI' denoting the denomination of six Pfennig, dividing the mintmaster's initials 'G H E' to left and right at center. A floriate cross surmounts the orb, with the date '1753' divided and displayed in the upper field to either side of the cross. The composition is spare and heraldic in character, consistent with mid-eighteenth century German small silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1753 G H E VI |
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Francis Josias ruled Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, not Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach — this coin was struck under his authority as administrator of the latter duchy during a regency period, a jurisdictional arrangement common among the fragmented Ernestine Saxon lines whose territorial inheritances were perpetually reshuffled by partition treaties. The two-year window of 1752–53 brackets the issue tightly, suggesting production ceased with a change in administrative arrangements rather than any monetary reform.