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1 Heller Klippe
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1744-1776 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A bold diagonal cross, formed by two crossing lines or scepters, divides the reverse field into four quadrants. The date is split across the left and right quadrants, with the first two digits occupying the left and the last two the right. A six-pointed star ornament appears in the upper quadrant above the cross, while a small decorative rosette or star device occupies the lower quadrant below the cross. The beaded border follows the square klippe outline around the entire periphery. No inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Augsburg's klippe hellers of this period are among the smallest square copper pieces produced by any German free city — the square format, far more labor-intensive than round blanks, was retained here long after most mints had abandoned it for low-denomination coinage. The city's mint rights, jealously maintained through the Holy Roman Empire's final decades, made such idiosyncratic issues politically useful even when economically marginal.