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1/8 Thaler - Frederick I
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1732 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick I of Hesse-Cassel held the Swedish throne from 1720 to 1751 — an arrangement that created persistent tensions over where his primary loyalties lay and who, effectively, controlled Hessian fiscal policy during his long absence. The 1732 date places this piece squarely in the period when the landgraviate was financing itself partly through the notorious Subsidienverträge, treaties leasing Hessian troops to foreign powers. That revenue stream shaped the mint's output considerably.
The 1/8 Thaler denomination was never a workhorse of daily commerce — its primary function was filling gaps in accounting and tax settlement at the territorial level.