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1 Heller - John IV
| Issuer | Leuchtenberg, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1487-1531 |
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| Value | 1 Heller (1⁄576) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the arms of Leuchtenberg as a small shield, superimposed upon a rhombus-shaped frame formed by four fleurs-de-lis arranged at the cardinal points with their tops directed outward. The design is executed in low relief typical of hammered minor coinage, with an unadorned surrounding field and no legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John IV ruled Leuchtenberg through a period of steady territorial contraction, the landgraviate having been slowly selling off or pawning its holdings to the Wittelsbachs of Bavaria for generations. By the time this heller was struck, Leuchtenberg controlled little beyond its title and a handful of residual minting rights — which it exercised anyway. The heller denomination itself was among the smallest silver coins in the Holy Roman Empire, and issuing one was as much a political assertion as an economic act.