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| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt, German States) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse facing left, with a small sprig of laurel below the neck truncation. The portrait is rendered in moderate relief within a beaded inner border. The circumferential legend, divided by star separators, reads ERNST. LUDWIG. GROSS HERZOG. VON. HESSEN. with the jubilee dates *1892*1917* and the Berlin mint mark A. This piece is an obverse trial struck in pewter, mounted within a broad, raised flanged collar characteristic of die-trial production. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, unworked pewter surface showing no design elements, consistent with its classification as an obverse-only die trial. The field is flat and irregular with surface marks and casting imperfections typical of trial pieces. No legends, devices, or inscriptions are present. |
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| Mintage | 1917 A |
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