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12 Heller, 175X

Details

Period
Austrian Netherlands (1713–1794)
Material
Copper
Condition
Good
Denomination
12 Heller
Currency
Thaler, 1504-1798
Worth
1/4 Thaler
Year
175X
Issuer
Imperial City of Aachen
Reference
Numista
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
4.25 g
Location
Blauberg (Herselt)

What could it buy?

This coin was worth 3 Bauschen. A labourer in Aachen earned 60 to 80 Bauschen a day: 20 to 27 of these coins. A pound of bread cost on average 6 Bauschen, so two of these coins.

Approximate, in the prices and wages of the time.

The story

12 Heller from 175X, issued in the Imperial City of Aachen. Still clearly legible.

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