12 Kreuzer - Louis V

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正面铭文	LVDOVICVS • D • G • LANDGRA: HASS •*• 12
背面描述	Central device consists of a crested helm surmounted by a spread eagle or plume crest, with elaborate mantling flowing to either side, all resting above a coronet. The date 1619 appears integrated within the surrounding circular Latin legend, which is separated from the inner field by a beaded border. The overall composition is typical of early seventeenth-century German territorial coinage, with the mantling rendered in fine detail characteristic of hammered silver production.
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附加信息	Louis V came to power in Hesse-Darmstadt in 1596 and spent much of his reign navigating the fracturing confessional politics of the Holy Roman Empire. This 1619 issue arrived at a pivotal moment — the same year the Defenestration of Prague triggered what became the Thirty Years' War. The 12 Kreuzer denomination, sometimes called a Zwölfer, proliferated among the smaller German states during this period partly because currency fragmentation allowed local rulers to exploit exchange rate differentials against imperial coinage. Schütz V#2687.1 distinguishes this variety within what can be a confusing run of Hessian issues from these years.

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