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2 Heller - Charles
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1727 |
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| Value | 2 Heller (1⁄192) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five-line inscription occupying the entire central field, presenting the denomination and coin type followed by the date. The numeral II, flanked by pellets, appears at the top, followed by the word HELLER, then SCHEIDE MUNTZ across the lower lines, and the date 1727 at the foot. |
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Hesse-Cassel operated as a significant military-leasing state throughout the eighteenth century, and its coinage reflects a fiscal administration shaped more by subsidy treaties than by domestic commerce. The Landgrave Charles — Karl I — ruled for an exceptionally long stretch, from 1670 to 1730, and his copper heller issues served the low-denomination needs of a population for whom silver circulated only occasionally. This 1727 piece comes from the final three years of his reign.
Copper small change from German principalities of this period survives unevenly. Hesse-Cassel issues specifically saw heavy use in local market transactions and toll payments, and worn examples far outnumber sharp ones.