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1 Heller Uniface gold pattern strike
| Issuer | Regensburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1741 |
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| Shape | Square with angled corners |
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| Obverse description | Two crossed keys of Regensburg, the civic arms, positioned saltire-wise in the center of the klippe field, with the initial 'R' of Regensburg placed above at the point of crossing. The date 17-41 is divided and set to the left and right flanks of the crossed keys. Below the keys appears the mintmaster's initial 'H', flanked on either side by a six-pointed star. The milled border follows the square klippe outline with angled corners throughout. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Regensburg occupied an anomalous position in the Holy Roman Empire — a perpetual diet city hosting the Immerwährender Reichstag from 1663 onward, which gave its municipal authorities a visibility and diplomatic prestige far exceeding its modest size. Pattern strikes like this one were almost certainly produced for presentation to diet delegates or imperial visitors rather than any circulation purpose. A uniface gold strike of the Heller, the lowest fiduciary denomination in the German system, is a deliberate paradox — the costliest metal applied to the most negligible unit of account.