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1 Kreuzer - William
| Issuer | Nassau, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1817-1818 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Spade-shaped crowned shield bearing the Nassau lion passant, the escutcheon surmounted by a royal crown. The circular legend reading HERZ. NASSAUISCHE SCHEIDE MÜNZ runs along the coin's periphery in Latin script. The shield's decorative outline and the bold lion device are characteristic of early 19th-century German state heraldic coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nassau was reorganized as a unified duchy under Duke Frederick Augustus in 1806, consolidating a patchwork of previously separate Walramian and Ottonian Nassau lines. The copper kreuzer issues of 1817–1818 fall under his son William, who succeeded in 1816 and immediately undertook monetary reforms to regularize the duchy's small-denomination coinage. The short two-year production window for this type suggests a transitional issue rather than a sustained series.