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1 Pfennig - William I
| Issuer | Schaumburg-Hessen, Province of |
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| Year | 1804-1814 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1803-1840) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Schaumburg-Hessen was among the smallest and most administratively awkward of the German territories — a detached exclave of Hesse-Kassel that persisted as a distinct administrative unit largely through dynastic accident. William I issued coinage here during a period when the broader region was being reshuffled under Napoleonic reorganization, and the continued production of these pfennigs reflects the stubborn local administrative machinery that outlasted the Westphalian interlude rather than any coherent monetary policy.