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2 Albus - Frederick II
| Uitgever | Hessen-Homburg, Landgraviate of |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1692 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central field occupied by the quartered arms of Hessen-Homburg, displaying heraldic charges including lions and other dynastic devices across four quarters, all within a plain shield. The shield is flanked on either side by large decorative palm or laurel branches extending to the coin's rim. Above the shield, the monogram 'H H' (for Hessen-Homburg) appears between two rosettes and flanking stars, serving as the sole inscription on this face. The overall composition is bold and heraldic in character, typical of late seventeenth-century German small silver coinage. |
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| Oplage | 1692 RA |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Hessen-Homburg in 1692 was a landgraviate of almost comical smallness — its territory barely viable, its finances perpetually strained. Frederick II had inherited a domain so encumbered by debt that minting small silver for local circulation was as much a political statement of sovereignty as it was practical monetary policy. The 2 Albus denomination sat at a useful transactional level in the fragmented currency ecology of the late Holy Roman Empire, where dozens of petty states produced interoperable small silver under the Kreis coinage conventions.
Schütz V#3603.1 distinguishes this variety within a short-lived series; Frederick II's minting activity was limited, making survivors genuinely scarce rather than merely underappreciated.