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4 Heller - William II
| Issuer | Electorate of Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1821-1831 |
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| Value | 4 Heller (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination numeral '4' in a large serif typeface at the top of the field, flanked on either side by a small four-petalled rosette ornament. Below, the word 'HELLER' is inscribed in bold capital letters across the centre, followed by the date '1824' in the lower field. A further rosette ornament is positioned beneath the date at the base of the field. A beaded inner border encircles the entire design. The composition is simple, bold, and entirely typographic, consistent with early nineteenth-century German copper coinage practice. |
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Hesse-Cassel's copper coinage of this period was produced under William II, an elector whose reign was defined more by constitutional crisis than stable governance. In 1830, popular unrest — partly inspired by the July Revolution in France — forced him to grant a constitution and cede effective power to his son Frederick William as co-regent. The political turbulence of that transition year almost certainly disrupted normal administrative functions, including mint operations at Cassel.
KM#571 spans the decade precisely bracketing that rupture.