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2 Albus - Ernest Louis
| Issuer | Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1692-1708 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | H•D |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ernest Louis ruled Hesse-Darmstadt during a period of grinding financial strain brought on by the Nine Years' War and its aftermath, forcing smaller German states to produce low-denomination silver coinage in quantities their mints were poorly equipped to sustain. The 2 Albus occupied a workhorse role in everyday exchange, the Albus being a regional unit with roots stretching back to the Rhenish monetary system of the late medieval period.
The sixteen-year production window for this type reflects how long Ernest Louis resisted recoinage despite ongoing debasement pressures elsewhere in the Holy Roman Empire.