1 Heller - John IV

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.