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2 Heller Pattern
| Issuer | Cologne, City of |
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| Year | 1625 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#Pn13, Noss Co IV#322 |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 |
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| Mintage | 1625: ND (1625) |
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Cologne struck this gold pattern during one of the most economically chaotic periods in German monetary history — the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, a debasing frenzy that saw hundreds of minor mints across the Holy Roman Empire flood circulation with underweight, debased silver and copper coinage between roughly 1618 and 1623. By 1625 the worst was over, but municipalities like Cologne were still navigating the wreckage, experimenting with denominations and metals to restore credibility. A gold striking of a 2 Heller — nominally the smallest unit of account — is a deliberate inversion of that logic, and almost certainly never intended for circulation.