Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1856-F 2 pfennige

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 2581

This specimen was lot 2581 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA: Ernst II, 1844-1893, AE 2 pfennig, Dresden, 1856, mintmaster initial F, a wonderful mostly red lustrous example! PCGS graded MS64 RB." This type was struck 1847, 1851-52 and 1856, of which the last is the most common date. One of Ernest's brothers married queen Victoria and became Albert, Prince Consort. This tiny state was merged with the other Saxon duchies into the state of Thuringia in 1920.

Recorded mintage: 600,000.

Specification: 2.98 g, copper, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-104, AKS-113, Jaeger-277.

Source:

  • 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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