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DUCHY OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA.
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was one of the Saxon duchies (Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Meiningen) held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty.

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) – the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were in personal union between 1826 and 1918. Capital – Coburg and Gotha.
The two duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha were both among the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty. The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha originated as the personal union of these two in 1826, following the death of the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg without male heirs. His Wettin relations repartitioned his lands, and the Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (former husband of Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) received Gotha, and changed his title to Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
In 1862 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became a part of the North German Confederation. In 1871 the duchy joined the new German Empire.
Ernst I died in 1844 and his elder son and successor, Ernst II, ruled until his death in 1893. As he died childless, the throne of the Duchy would have passed to the male descendants of Ernst's late brother Albert the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Therefore Albert Edward, Prince of Wales had already renounced his claim to the throne in favour of his next brother, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Alfred's only son, also named Alfred, committed suicide in 1899, so when Duke Alfred died in 1900, he was succeeded by his nephew the Duke of Albany, the sixteen-year-old son of Queen Victoria's youngest son, Leopold.
Reigning as Duke Carl Eduard, and under the regency of the Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg until he came of age in 1905, Carl Eduard also continued to use the British title Duke of Albany.
The rulers, who struck coins (in Germany Empire):
• Reign: 22.08.1893 – 31.07.1900 – Alfred (born: 06.08.1844 – died: 31.07.1900),
• Reign: 19.07.1905 – 14.11.1918 – Carl Eduard (born: 19.07.1884 – died: 06.03.1954).

en.wikipedia.org.

	Denomination: 2 Mark Year: 1895 Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Portrait of the Duke Alfred (1893 – 1900) right. Semicircular inscription: ALFRED HERZOG VON SACHSEN COBURG UND GOTHA. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH 1895 ∙ ZWEI MARK. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 28 mm. Weight – 11.111 g. Edge – 140 corrugations, thickness 2.1 mm. Mintage: 15 000. This type of coin was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany
	Denomination: 5 Mark Year: 1895 Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Portrait of the Duke Alfred (1893 – 1900) right. Semicircular inscription: ALFRED HERZOG VON SACHSEN COBURG UND GOTHA. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH 1895 ∙ FÜNF MARK. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 38 mm. Weight – 27.778 g., thickness 2.8 mm. Edge – plain, inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. Mintage: 4 000. This type of coin was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany
	Denomination: 2 Mark Year: – Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Portrait of the Duke Carl Eduard (1905 – 1918) right. Semicircular inscription: CARL ∙ EDUARD ∙ HERZOG V ∙ SACHSEN ∙ COBURG ∙ U ∙ GOTHA. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH ∙ ZWEI MARK, year of issue. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 28 mm. Weight – 11.111 g. Edge – 140 corrugations, thickness 2.1 mm. This type of coin has been struck in 1905, 1911, was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany
	Denomination: 5 Mark Year: 1907 Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Portrait of the Duke Carl Eduard (1905 – 1918) right. Semicircular inscription: CARL ∙ EDUARD ∙ HERZOG V ∙ SACHSEN ∙ COBURG ∙ U ∙ GOTHA. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH 1907 ∙ FÜNF MARK. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 38 mm. Weight – 27.778 g., thickness 2.8 mm. Edge – plain, inscription: GOTT MIT UNS. Mintage: 10 000. This type of coin was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany

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