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1/2 Thaler - William IX
| Issuer | Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1789 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Landgrave William IX facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed period costume including lace cravat and coat. The effigy occupies the central field, with the circumferential legend reading WILHELMUS IX D.G. HASS. LANDG. HAN. COM., denoting his title as Landgrave of Hesse and Count of Hanau. The portrait is executed in a neoclassical late-18th-century style, with naturalistic facial features and carefully engraved hair. A toothed border frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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| Mintage | 1789 F |
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