Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
6 Pfennig - Frederick III
| Issuer | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchy of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1752-1760 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Billon |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Three-line inscription enclosed within an ornamental cartouche, presenting the mint authority abbreviation H.S.G.V.A.L.M. above the denomination 6 PFENN. and the year of issue. The mintmaster's initials L.C.K. appear below the cartouche in the lower field, serving as the mintmaster's mark. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1752 LCK - - 90,000 1753 LCK - - 26,000 1754 LCK - - 389,000 1755 LCK - - 254,000 1756 LCK - - 1757 LCK - - 1758 LCK - - 1759 LCK - - 1760 LCK - - |
| Additional information |
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was among the smallest and most fiscally cautious of the Ernestine duchies, and Frederick III's billon issues of this period reflect a court perpetually managing the gap between dynastic ambition and thin revenues. The Seven Years' War fell squarely across these dates — Thuringia was repeatedly crossed by Prussian, Imperial, and French forces between 1756 and 1763, and small-denomination billon coinage took the hardest beating in circulation during such disruptions, pressed into service for troop provisioning and local trade when larger specie fled.