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1 Heller
| Issuer | Teschen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1650-1655 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#54, Friedensburg#3109 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | OBVLVS: PRINCIPAT.TES |
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Teschen's heller issues of this period fall within the duchy's administration under the Habsburg crown following the Thirty Years' War, which had ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 — leaving Silesian territories like Teschen economically exhausted and their small-denomination coinage in chronic short supply. The heller, among the lowest practical denominations struck in silver rather than billon or copper, reflects the particular monetary conditions of post-war Silesia, where debased wartime currency had so thoroughly eroded public trust that even tiny silver fractions commanded acceptance over base-metal alternatives.