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1 Heller - William I
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1817-1820 |
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| Value | 1 Heller (1⁄384) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Three-line inscription in the central field stating the denomination and date, reading '1 / HELLER / 1818.' (date varies by year of issue), with small decorative rosette or star ornaments flanking the numeral '1' at the top and punctuation marks accompanying the date at the base. The plain field surrounding the legend is unadorned, consistent with the utilitarian character of this small copper circulation issue. The lettering is in upright Roman capitals. |
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Hesse-Cassel resumed autonomous coinage after Napoleon's dissolution of the Electorate in 1806 and its absorption into the Kingdom of Westphalia. William I — restored as Elector in 1813 following the French withdrawal — wasted little time reasserting the mint's output, and these small copper heller were among the first issues of the reconstituted regime. The type was struck at the Cassel mint across a narrow window before the Electorate's coinage infrastructure was rationalized under the broader German monetary pressures of the early 1820s.