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4 Heller Silver pattern strike
| Issuer | Cologne, City of |
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| Year | 1768 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | *IIII* / HELLER / 1768 / * |
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Cologne's civic coinage authority struck this pattern as part of a broader 18th-century discussion across the Holy Roman Empire about rationalizing small denomination coinage — the Heller, a copper staple of daily commerce, was an unlikely candidate for silver treatment. No regular silver 4 Heller issue followed. The pattern almost certainly served an administrative or presentation purpose rather than any genuine production proposal.
Noss's commentary notation rather than a full catalogue entry suggests surviving documentation is thin.