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4 Heller - Louis IV

Features

Issuer Landgraviate of Hessen-Marburg (German States)
Landgrave Louis IV (1567-1604)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1591
Value 4 Heller (1⁄42)
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 0.805 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
569561
References MB# 29
Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (2 volumes).
, Schütz III# 505
Artur Schütz; 1997. Die hessischen Münzen des Hauses Brabant / Teil 3. Gesamthessen, Hessen-Marburg und Hessen-Kassel, 1509-1670. Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.

Obverse

Three shields with one on top of two, the top (Hesse lion) dividing date above and the bottom two (right: Diez and left: Ziegenhain) with mint mast initials between.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
91
HR

Reverse

Ornate Hessian helmet.

Mint

Marburg, Germany

Mark

HR Hidebrandt Rücke, Mint Master, Gladenbach (1588-1590), Marburg (1590-1593)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1591  HR (15)91

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