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2 Heller - William VIII
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1751-1758 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a fully legible four-line Latin-script inscription in the field denoting the denomination and coin type: II at the top, followed by HELLER, SCHEIDE, and MUNTZ on successive lines, with the date 1752 at the foot. A small six-pointed star ornament appears to the upper right of the numeral II. The lettering is set in bold serif capitals, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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William VIII ruled Hesse-Cassel through the opening years of the Seven Years' War, a conflict that hit the landgraviate with particular brutality — French forces occupied Cassel itself in 1757, temporarily displacing the administration. Small copper heller denominations kept circulating through the occupation regardless of who controlled the territory, making attribution of specific years within this issue genuinely difficult.