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1 Heller Silver pattern strike
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1749 |
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| Value | 1 Heller (1⁄960) |
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| Obverse description | The civic arms of Augsburg — a pine cone upon a decorative pedestal — displayed centrally within the octagonal field, flanked symmetrically by a palm branch to the left and a laurel spray to the right, both rendered in high relief with finely detailed foliage. The composition is contained within a beaded border following the octagonal shape of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | A Maltese cross occupies the central field, surmounted by a single leaf ornament above; the date 1749 is divided to either side of the cross. Two horseshoes are positioned at the base of the design. The entire composition is enclosed within an ornamental cartouche, all within a beaded border conforming to the octagonal format of the flan. |
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Augsburg's status as a Free Imperial City gave its mint the right to strike coinage independently, but by the mid-eighteenth century that privilege was increasingly ceremonial. Pattern strikes like this one were rarely produced with circulation in mind — they served diplomatic, archival, or presentation purposes, and the decision to render a heller denomination in silver is itself an anomaly worth noting. The heller was the smallest unit of account; striking one in a precious metal was essentially a formal gesture.
Forster and Schmelzing's documentation of this piece as Pn45 places it within a narrow window of Augsburg municipal numismatic activity before the city's absorption into Bavaria in 1806.