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1 Gulden - Louis William
| Issuer | Hessen-Homburg, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1838-1839 |
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| Weight | 10.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Landgrave Ludwig (Louis William) facing left, depicted in military dress with epaulettes, decorations, and an elaborately detailed uniform collar. The engraver's name VOIGT appears in small letters at the base of the truncation. The encircling legend reads LUDWIG SOUV. LANDGRAF ZU HESSEN, separated from the portrait by a toothed border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hessen-Homburg was among the smallest sovereign states in the German Confederation, covering barely 70 square kilometers with a population under 20,000. Its right to strike coinage was a jealously guarded prerogative, and Louis William exercised it during a reign that lasted only from 1839 to 1839 — he died within months of succeeding his brother Philip Augustus. The gulden dated 1838 was therefore struck under Philip Augustus, making the two-year span of this type a transition piece across two landgraves.
The issue conforms to the South German gulden standard established at the Munich Coinage Treaty of 1837.