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2 Heller - William I
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1816-1820 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Reverse description | Three-line inscription in the central field bearing the denomination and date, reading '2 / HELLER / 1816.' Four small floral or rosette ornaments are placed symmetrically around the inscription — one above, one below, and one to each side — serving as decorative stops in lieu of a border legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hesse-Cassel's monetary system in this period was a patchwork of locally struck copper and inherited coinage from the Napoleonic occupation, during which Jerome Bonaparte's Kingdom of Westphalia had suppressed native minting entirely. William I resumed issuing in his own name after Jerome's removal in 1813, but the small-denomination copper series took several more years to regularize — hence the extended production window for this type.