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8 Hellers - Maximilien-Henri de Bavière
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1657 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | MAX·HEN·ARCH·COLON |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maximilien-Henri de Bavière was appointed Archbishop-Elector of Cologne in 1650 largely through Wittelsbsach dynastic pressure, a pattern of nepotistic succession that had kept the electorate within that family's orbit for over a century. His tenure coincided with the slow monetary normalization following the Thirty Years' War, during which debased small coinage had flooded the Rhineland. An 8 Heller piece in silver at this weight sits at the awkward boundary where the nominal value of the metal barely justified the cost of minting.