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5 Thalers - William I
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1814 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1803-1840) |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned bare bust of William I, Elector of Hesse-Cassel, facing right, rendered in a neoclassical style with fine engraving of facial features and hair. The truncation of the bust is visible at the lower portion of the field. The surrounding legend reads WILHELMUS I D G ELECT LANDG HASS, interrupted by the portrait, running along the inner border of the coin within a beaded rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | WILHELMUS I D G ELECT LANDG HASS |
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Hesse-Cassel had spent the Napoleonic years in a complicated position — Elector Wilhelm I was driven into exile after Napoleon dissolved the electorate in 1806 and folded it into the Kingdom of Westphalia under Jérôme Bonaparte. His return in 1813, following the French collapse after Leipzig, prompted a resumption of coinage that carried unmistakable political weight. This 1814 piece is catalogued as a pattern (Pn38), meaning it almost certainly never entered circulation.
The Divo/S and Schlumberger references both treat this as a presentation or trial striking, and surviving examples are accordingly few.