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2 Gulden - Frederick William Constantine
| Issuer | Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Principality of |
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| Year | 1846-1847 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central design features the elaborately rendered quartered coat of arms of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, displayed on a mantled shield surmounted by a princely crown with draped ermine-lined mantle tied at the sides with tasselled cords. An order cross pendant hangs below the shield. The denomination legend ZWEY GULDEN arcs above in the upper field, and the four-digit date 1847 appears in the exergue below, separated by a small cross or ornament at center. The entire composition is framed by a toothed border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZWEY GULDEN 18 47 |
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Hohenzollern-Hechingen was among the smallest sovereign territories in the German Confederation, covering barely 140 square kilometers with a population under 15,000. Frederick William Constantine ruled this pocket principality under persistent fiscal strain, and the 1846–47 gulden issues coincided almost exactly with the revolutionary pressure that would, within two years, compel him to abdicate and cede the territory outright to Prussia in 1849 — ending over five centuries of Hohenzollern-Hechingen sovereignty.
The morganatic complications of his marriage and his childlessness made the Prussian annexation a near-inevitability before the revolutions of 1848 even began.