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1⁄12 Thaler - Frederick II
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1766-1771 |
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| Value | 1⁄12 Thaler = 1⁄160 Cologne Mark |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | FURSTL: HESS: LANDM. *XII* EINEN REICHS THAL. 1766. F.U. IUSTIRT |
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Hesse-Cassel's finances during Frederick II's reign were inseparable from the Subsidienverträge — the subsidy treaties through which Frederick leased his subjects as soldiers to foreign powers, most notoriously to Britain for use in the American Revolutionary War. By the mid-1760s, treaty income was already reshaping the landgraviate's treasury, funding infrastructure, court expenditure, and a coinage program that punched above the weight of the territory's actual size. This 1⁄12 Thaler falls squarely within that period of unusual fiscal liquidity.
The two Hesse references covering this type suggest at least a minor die variation between emissions within the 1766–1771 window.