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1 Heller - William II
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1822-1829 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#575 |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the interlaced royal cipher 'WK' (Wilhelm Kurfürst) rendered in elaborate cursive script, with a small decorative ring at the left base of the 'W'. The monogram is surmounted by an Electoral crown with arched bands and pearl border. Ornamental scrollwork flanks the cipher on both sides, filling the field in a symmetrical, decorative arrangement. No legend is present; the design is entirely composed of the crowned monogram. |
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| Obverse lettering | WK |
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Hesse-Cassel's small copper coinage of this period was struck under Elector William II, whose reign was among the most politically turbulent in the electorate's history. He spent much of the 1830s in open conflict with his own estates over constitutional rights, eventually fleeing Cassel in 1831 when liberal opposition forced a new constitution on him. These hellers predate that crisis, circulating through a region already tense with post-Napoleonic reform pressures and the lingering administrative reshuffling imposed by the Congress of Vienna.