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1 Pfennig - Charles Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel (Province of Schaumburg-Hessen, Hesse-Cassel) |
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| Year | 1680 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄288) |
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| Obverse description | Within a double raised border, the arms of Schaumburg depicted as a netted shield surmounted by a count's crown, flanked on each side by a stylized wing or feathered ornament in the field. The date 1680 is split across the lower field, with the digits appearing on either side of the base of the shield. The overall composition is rendered in a flat, primitive die-engraving style characteristic of small German territorial coinage of the late seventeenth century. |
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| Reverse description | Completely blank reverse field, showing only the natural copper planchet surface with slight concavity and tool marks consistent with a trial or pattern striking. No legend, design, or inscription of any kind is present. |
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Schaumburg-Hessen was a small exclave territory administered under Hesse-Cassel, and trial pieces from this jurisdiction are exceptionally rare survivors — most were never intended for broad circulation and exist today in single-digit known quantities. The "Charles" obverse almost certainly references Landgrave Karl of Hesse-Cassel, who came to power in 1670 and spent his early reign consolidating administrative control over outlying territories including Schaumburg. A trial striking in copper for a one-pfennig denomination suggests the mint was testing die alignment or flan preparation before committing to a production run that may never have materialized.