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1 Kreuzer - William IX
| Issuer | Hanau-Münzenberg, County of |
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| Year | 1765-1766 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Crowned shield bearing the arms of Hanau-Münzenberg, featuring chevrons, centered in the field and surrounded by a wreath or decorative foliate border. The circular legend MUNTZENE. HESS. HANAU runs along the periphery in Latin script, identifying the issuing county. |
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| Obverse lettering | MUNTZENE. HESS. HANAU |
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Hanau-Münzenberg's billon kreuzer issues of the 1760s reflect the county's persistent struggle to maintain a viable small-denomination coinage during a period when silver content in petty coins across the Holy Roman Empire had been debased to near-irrelevance. William IX was only a teenager when these were struck under regency authority — he wouldn't assume full control of the county until 1764, making the 1765–66 dating among the earliest issues to bear his name as reigning count. The county would eventually pass to Hesse-Kassel in 1785 upon his succession there.