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1 Gulden - Philip August
| Issuer | Hessen-Homburg, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1841-1846 |
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| Thickness | 1.75 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination '1 GULDEN' in two lines, with the date below, all within a wreath of oak branches bearing acorns, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. An inscription in the upper exergue area indicates the currency equivalence. The entire design is framed by a beaded border, with the oak wreath occupying the full breadth of the coin's field in a classically composed arrangement. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hessen-Homburg was among the smallest sovereign states in the German Confederation, covering barely 275 square kilometers with a population that never exceeded 25,000. Its very existence as a coin-issuing authority was something of an anachronism by the 1840s, sustained largely by the protections of the Confederation's political structure rather than any economic logic. Philip August ruled from 1839 until his death in 1846, and his reign produced this gulden under the South German monetary convention of 1837, which standardized the 24½-gulden-per-Cologne-mark silver standard across participating states.