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8 Heller - Frederick I
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing a left-facing, crowned rampant lion, flanked symmetrically on either side by palm branches. The shield is surmounted by an elaborate electoral crown, and the overall composition is presented in a baroque heraldic style typical of early eighteenth-century German coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | VIII HELLER 1733 |
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Frederick I of Hesse-Cassel held the unusual distinction of ruling simultaneously as King of Sweden from 1720 until his death in 1751, a dynastic arrangement that left Hesse-Cassel itself governed largely through regents and ministers. The small silver heller denominations of his Hessian coinage were workhorses of local commerce, but their survival rate is poor — heavily circulated, frequently clipped, and little saved by contemporary collectors who reserved attention for the larger taler issues.
KM#416 is among the less-documented types of his reign, with no recorded major die varieties.