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1 Heller
| Issuer | Free Imperial City of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1550 |
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| Value | 1 Heller (1⁄576) |
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| Reverse description | A plain Greek cross with slightly flared arms is displayed centrally in the field, struck without any surrounding legend or inscription. The cross arms extend nearly to the rim of the coin, filling the flan in a manner typical of medieval and early modern German civic coinage of small denomination. The surface shows natural granularity and wear consistent with billon composition and hammered production. No exergue or additional decorative elements are present. The irregular edge reflects the hand-struck nature of this humble municipal issue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Strasbourg's heller coinage of this period occupied the lowest practical denomination in daily Alsatian commerce — the coin that changed hands for bread, rope, and nail-weight. The Free Imperial City struck these under its own municipal authority, a privilege jealously maintained against encroachment from both Habsburg administrators and the Prince-Bishops across the Ill. By 1550, Strasbourg was deep in its Protestant reformation and navigating the aftermath of the Schmalkaldic War, having backed the losing League and subsequently submitted to Charles V in 1547 under humiliating terms that nonetheless left its mint rights largely intact.