Duitsland - Hessen-Kassel Willem II en Frederik Willem, taler 1836 VF

Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Cassel), thaler, 1836, Kassel mint, William II and Frederick William, silver.

Obverse: the crowned arms of Hesse. Legend: WILH. II. KURF. U. FRIEDR. WILH. KURPR. U. MITREGENT (translated: William II, Elector, and Frederick William, Electoral Prince and co-regent).

Reverse: EIN THALER (translated: one thaler) with the date 1836. Legend: KURFÜRSTENTHUM HESSEN (translated: Electorate of Hesse) and XIV EINE FEINE MARK (translated: fourteen to one fine mark).

Edge: GOTT BESCHIRME UNS (translated: God protect us).

References: KM# 587, AKS# 46, Thun# 184, Davenport# 692.

When this coin was struck in 1836, Ludwig Hassenpflug was Minister of the Interior and Justice in the Electorate of Hesse, an office he held from 1832 to 1837. He was constantly at odds with the parliament and survived four impeachment charges as a minister, and the people gave him the nickname Hessenfluch, the curse of Hesse. At home he was family of the fairy tale collectors, because on 2 July 1822 he had married Lotte Grimm, the sister of the Brothers Grimm.

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