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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1194036, member: 39&quot;]Have not looked at all the coins you list here yet, but it sure is an impressive &quot;lot&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Just one minor thing - the coin depicted here <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=957044&amp;AucID=708&amp;Lot=2707&amp;Val=d8690fc67275b0317e3928c2ebd92f23" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=957044&amp;AucID=708&amp;Lot=2707&amp;Val=d8690fc67275b0317e3928c2ebd92f23" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=957044&amp;AucID=708&amp;Lot=2707&amp;Val=d8690fc67275b0317e3928c2ebd92f23</a> is a piece from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. The description does mention Coburg, but that other coin is not shown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coburg sure changed states, so to say, fairly often. And there are some more oddities. In the years of the personal (and then real) union of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, the duchy had two capitals, Coburg and Gotha. The ducal court actually was in one place for six months, then moved to the other, and back half a year later. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for where Coburg is these days ... well, after the 1918 revolution and the end of the monarchy, the double-duchy was split again, and the republics of Sachsen-Coburg and Sachsen-Gotha were established. Two years later Sachsen-Coburg joined the state of Bavaria while Sachsen-Gotha joined the newly established state of Thuringia.</p><p><br /></p><p>This also meant that, between 1949 and 1990, the cities of Coburg and Gotha were in two different countries. And they still are in two different states.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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