FREE: 1897 One (1) Austrian Heller Coin EF 40-45 Extra Fine

The listing, 1897 One (1) Austrian Heller Coin EF 40-45 Extra Fine has ended.

The coin you see above is the exact coin that will be shipped in a protective 2x2 inch windowed holder.

The term Heller came into wide use as a name for coins of small value throughout many of the German states up to 1873 when, after German unification, Bismarck's administration introduced the Mark and the pfennig as coinage throughout the German Empire.

The German Heller saw a resurrection in 1904 when the government took over responsibility for the currency of German East Africa from the German East Africa Company. The Heller was introduced as 1/100 of a rupie instead of the pesa which had so far been a 1/64 of a rupie.

In Austria-Hungary, Heller was also the term used in the Austrian half of the empire for 1/100 of the Austro-Hungarian krone (the other being fillér in the Hungarian half), the currency from 1892 until after the demise (1918) of the Empire.

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