Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1836 3 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 2580 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA: Ernst I, 1826-1844, BI 3 kreuzer, 1836, a pleasing lustrous mint state example, PCGS graded MS62." After the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg line in 1825, noisy disputes arose over who of the Saxon dukes should obtain the property. Finally, the king of Saxony produced the treaty of Hildburghausen in 1826. Ernest III, erstwhile duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, received Gotha in exchange for Saalfeld and became Ernest I, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The state survived until 1918, when all the monarchies were liquidated following the collapse of the Empire. Gotha became part of Thuringia and Coburg went to Bavaria. This type was struck 1831-37 and is common. One, six, ten and twenty kreuzer were also struck at this time. Ernest's younger son married queen Victoria and became Albert, Prince Consort.
Recorded mintage: 269,407.
Specification: 1.5 g, 0.243 fine silver, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-39, J-245, AKS-85.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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