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1 Heller - Frederick William
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1849-1866 |
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| Weight | 1.44 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the crowned Hessian lion rampant displayed within a plain rectangular shield, surmounted by an electoral crown with beaded inner arc. The shield is rendered in a simple, utilitarian style characteristic of mid-19th-century German minor coinage. A circular legend arcs around the upper periphery of the coin, reading '360 EINEN THALER', denoting the coin's fractional denomination within the Thaler system. |
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| Obverse lettering | 360 EINEN THALER |
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Hesse-Cassel's political situation during this period was genuinely precarious. Elector Frederick William I spent much of this reign in open conflict with his own government, eventually fleeing to Prussia in 1850 after dismissing his liberal ministers and suspending the constitution — an act that triggered federal intervention by Austrian and Prussian troops. The copper heller issues spanning this period thus bridge a moment when the electorate's internal governance had nearly collapsed entirely.
Hesse-Cassel was absorbed into Prussia in 1866 following the Austro-Prussian War, ending the electorate permanently. KM#613 is accordingly the final heller type struck under Hessian authority.