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1 Kreuzer - Louis I
| Issuer | Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1809-1817 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1806-1837) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of Hesse-Darmstadt, featuring the Hessian lion passant in the base quarter, surmounted by an elaborate electoral crown. The legend is divided on either side of the shield reading G. H. to the left and L. M. to the right, representing Grossherzoglich Hessisch Landgraf Münze. The coin exhibits a milled edge border and the engraving is executed in a restrained early 19th-century German style. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Louis I had been Grand Duke for barely a year when this series began, his title itself a Napoleonic gift following Hesse-Darmstadt's participation in the Confederation of the Rhine. The small billon kreuzer was the workhorse of everyday exchange in a state whose finances were strained by the obligations of that alliance — troop levies, road construction, and contributions to French campaigns all pressed hard on the treasury throughout this issue's production run.