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18 Heller - John William of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
| Issuer | Ravensberg, County of |
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| Year | 1578-1579 |
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| Value | 18 Heller (1⁄32) |
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| Obverse lettering | IN. DEO. SPES. MEA. |
| Reverse description | Three ornate crested helmets arranged side by side within a beaded inner circle, each surmounted by elaborate decorative mantling and distinct heraldic crests, including crowned motifs. The helmets correspond to the territorial claims of Jülich, Kleve, and Berg. The surrounding Latin legend, broken by the helmet arrangement, identifies the issuing duke and his dominions. The overall design is characteristic of hammered billon coinage of the Jülich-Kleve-Berg territorial complex. |
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John William of Jülich-Kleve-Berg suffered severe mental illness throughout his adult life, and by the late 1570s effective governance of his territories had largely passed to regents and administrators. The coins struck in his name during this period reflect the administrative machinery running without him — Ravensberg being one of the smaller county dependencies where local minting continued under his nominal authority.
The billon standard used here, at .417 fine, sits well below the silver threshold expected of serious coinage and signals a territory managing tight fiscal realities in the years before John William's incapacitation became a full dynastic crisis.