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Obol or Heller letter H
| Issuer | Hagenau, City of |
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| Year | 1600-1612 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A stylized six-petaled rose occupies the central field, its petals rendered in a lobed, scalloped form. At the center of the rose, a circular ring encloses the initial letter 'H' in relief, serving as the mint mark of Hagenau. The design is unframed and set against a plain, unadorned field typical of small hammered coinage of the period. No legend or additional inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hagenau — now Haguenau in Alsace — operated as a Free Imperial City within the Holy Roman Empire, giving it the right to strike its own coinage. This tiny silver piece belongs to a transitional decade when the city's municipal authority was being steadily squeezed by Habsburg administrative pressure, a process that would eventually strip Alsatian cities of effective independence well before the Thirty Years' War formalized the region's fate.
At 0.22 g, these were among the smallest circulating silver denominations in the Empire, and survivors in any legible condition are genuinely scarce.