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1 Pfennig - Ernest Louis
| Issuer | Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt, German States) |
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| Year | 1692-1699 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄360) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the rampant Hessian lion, the dynastic arms of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. The monogram 'HD' (Hessen-Darmstadt), composed of the two capital letters, is placed prominently above the shield. The date of issue appears in the field below the shield. The coin is struck on an irregular flan typical of hammered small silver coinage of this period, with a beaded border encircling the design. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field with no design or inscription, characteristic of the uniface or near-uniface struck Pfennig coinage of the German States during the late seventeenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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