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1765, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Ernst Frederick. Large Silver Thaler Coin. aVF/VF!

Mint year: 1765 Mint Place: Saalfeld Denomination: Thaler Reference: Davenport 2752A, KM-78. Condition: A small dig on edge (a hit or piercing attempt?), scratches and light deposits, otherwise a well-circulated aVF-VF! Weight: 27.47gm Diameter: 42mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Armored bust of the duke right. Legend: ERNESTS . FRIDERICVS . D . G. D . S . COBVRG SAALFELD .

Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms within foliage. Mint master's initials (I.C.-K.) below. Legend. X . EINE FEINE - MARCK . 1765 .

Saxe-Hildburghausen (German: Sachsen-Hildburghausen)   was an Ernestine duchy in the southern side of the present State of   Thuringia in Germany. It existed from 1680 to 1826 but its name anand bordersre currently used by the District of Hildburghausen.

Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saalfeld, 8 March 1724 – Coburg, 8 September 1800), was a Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

He was the eldest son of Francis Josias, Duke of   Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He is a   patrilineal ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Ernest Frederick succeeded his father in the Duchy of     Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld when he died in 1764 and established his   definitive   residence shifted in Coburg. Because of the high   indebtedness of the duchy he was compelled by Emperor Joseph II in 1773   to work with a Debit commission—an obligatory administration of debts assigned by the emperor—for over thirty years.