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10 Kreuzers - Louis I
| Uitgever | Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt, German States) |
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| Jaar | 1808 |
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| Vorm | Round |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bare-headed effigy of Grand Duke Ludwig I (Louis I) facing right, with naturalistically rendered curly hair, in the neoclassical style. A circular legend surrounds the portrait along the coin's periphery, interrupted by a stop at the base of the bust. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | LUDEWIG GROSHERZOG VON HESSEN. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Hesse-Darmstadt's coinage underwent a forced rationalization in 1808 under French pressure, as Napoleon's reorganization of the Confederation of the Rhine pushed member states toward decimal-adjacent monetary systems. Louis I had only assumed the grand ducal title in 1806, when Napoleon elevated the landgraviate — his adoption of a modernized billon coinage that year was less a domestic reform than a political concession to Paris.
The .500 fineness reflects that transitional compromise: fine enough to circulate credibly, debased enough to stretch the silver supply during a period of continuous war requisitions.