2 Pfennigs - Ernest Death
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Ernest I (Ernst I) (1640-1675)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1675 |
| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (1⁄144) |
| Currency | Thaler (1680-1826) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 314348 |
| References | Steguweit Gotha# 32 Wolfgang Steguweit; 1987. Geschichte der Münzstätte Gotha: vom 12. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert = History of the Gotha Mint. Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Otto Merseburger; 1894. Sammlung Otto Merseburger umfassend Münzen und Medaillen von Sachsen.: Albertinische und ernestinische Linie = Otto Merseburger Collection comprising coins and medals from Saxony. Münzhandlung Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. |
Commemorative issue
Death of Ernst
Obverse
Oval shield of ducal Saxony arms in baroque frame, princely crown above, value 2 - (symbol for Pfennig) below
Lettering: 2
Reverse
6-line inscription in Gothic letters, with date
Lettering:
Das
Heÿl gott gibt,
Jesus erwirbt
der Glaube
nimbt Goth
1675
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Gotha, GermanyComments
The same design was used in 1673 so it might not be a Death Commemorative. 
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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