2 Ducats - 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 Ducats (7)
Currency	Thaler (1680-1826)
Composition	Gold (.986)
Weight	7 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 314353
References	Steguweit Gotha# 124 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. , KM# 74 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Fr# 2954 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Death of Ernst

Obverse

Draped and armored bust to right

Script: Latin

Lettering: D: G: ERNESTUS SAX IUL: CLIV: ET MONTIUM DUX.

Reverse

10-line inscription with dates

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NATUS
AO. 1601. D: 25
DECEMBR:
DENATUS
1675. D. 26. MARTII
REGIMINIS. 35
ÆTAT: 73 MENS. 3. D. I
HUMATUS
D: 4. JUNY D:
A 1675.

Mint

Gotha, Germany

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1675

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Bullion value: USD 987.97 Search tips

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Actual gold weight: 0.222 oz

Current gold price: 4452.21 USD/oz (see gold price

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