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1 Heller Silver pattern strike
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1739 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | 1739 |
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| Mintage | 1739 |
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Augsburg's pattern coinage of the 1730s reflects the city's ongoing struggle to maintain its minting privileges under increasing pressure from imperial oversight. This silver Heller pattern almost certainly never entered production — the denomination was too small to be economically viable in silver at any realistic weight, making this a presentation or trial piece rather than a genuine proposal for circulation. Forster and Schmelzing's documentation of this type places it among a cluster of Augsburg experimental strikes from the same decade, suggesting a period of active but ultimately fruitless experimentation at the city mint.