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1 Pfennig - John Reinhard III
| Issuer | Hanau-Lichtenberg, County of |
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| Year | 1712-1736 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Plain, unadorned reverse with no design, legend, or inscription. The flan shows only the natural surface of the struck metal, consistent with the minimalist style of small-denomination German pfennig coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John Reinhard III ruled Hanau-Lichtenberg until his death in 1736, at which point the county passed to the French Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt through inheritance — effectively ending Hanau-Lichtenberg's existence as a distinct polity. Small silver pfennig issues from his reign are survivorship curiosities: struck in tiny quantities for local circulation in a territory that would soon be absorbed entirely, they saw limited use and consequently appear in a wider range of conditions than their modest face value might suggest.