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⅙ Thaler - William II and Frederick William
| Issuer | Hesse-Cassel |
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| Year | 1845-1847 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Large numeral '6' at the top of the field, above the two-line denomination inscription '6 EINEN THALER', with the date below in large numerals. The circular legend surrounding the field gives the name of the electorate at the top and the fineness standard '84 EINE FEINE MARK' at the bottom, all within a beaded border. |
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Hesse-Cassel's coinage in the 1840s was produced under mounting political tension between Elector William II and his son Frederick William, whose co-regency arrangement was anything but cooperative. William II had been effectively sidelined by illness and the influence of his morganatic wife, Countess von Reichenbach, and Frederick William administered the electorate with increasing independence. The joint naming on this issue reflects legal necessity more than political harmony.
The .500 fineness places this squarely in the German states' broader mid-century trend toward debased fractional silver, driven by the demands of the Zollverein monetary agreements.