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8 Heller
| Issuer | Cologne, City of |
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| Year | 1583-1587 |
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| Value | 8 Hellers (1⁄72) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned civic arms of Cologne — a shield bearing three crowns above two interlaced rings — set within a beaded inner circle. The heraldic shield is surmounted by a municipal crown rendered in relief. The surrounding legend reads +MO. NO. CIVI. COLONI in Latin capital letters, abbreviated for 'Moneta Nova Civitatis Coloniensis' (New Coin of the City of Cologne). The overall design is characteristic of late sixteenth-century German municipal coinage struck by the hammer technique, with slightly irregular flan edges typical of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | RVDOL.II.RO.IM.S.AV (Translation: Rudolf ii) |
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Cologne's municipal coinage of the 1580s unfolded against one of the most violent episodes in the city's Reformation history: the Cologne War of 1583–1588, triggered when Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg converted to Protestantism and attempted to secularize the electorate. The city itself, staunchly Catholic, found its commercial life disrupted as Bavarian and Spanish troops moved through the region to restore Catholic control. That the mint continued producing small billon denominations through these years speaks to the practical necessity of maintaining petty coinage for daily trade even amid siege conditions.
The Noss reference spans multiple die pairings across the emission period, reflecting ongoing production rather than a single issue.