fwo_749843 - GERMANY - GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE - LOUIS III 2 Gulden 1855
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Price : 210.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 210.00 €
Type : 2 Gulden
Date: 1855
Quantity minted : 148900
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,69 g.
Edge : de sécurité
Coments on the condition:
Métal fortement piqué, aspect poreux
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDWIG II GROSHERZOG VON HESSEN.
Obverse description : Portrait à gauche de Louis II de Hesse-Darmstadt.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ZWEY GULDEN / 1855.
Reverse description : Écu couronné encadré par deux lions.
Historical background
GERMANY - GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE - LOUIS III
(06/16/1848-06/13/1877)
Louis III of Hesse (9/06/1806-13/06/1877) was the son of Louis II, whom he succeeded in 1848, from March 5 as regent then on June 16 as Grand Duke. He was married twice: with Mathilde of Bavaria in 1833, then morganatically in 1868 with Madeleine Appel. His nephew Louis IV became Grand Duke in 1877. Hesse-Darmstadt had an area of 7,670 km² in 1871 and a population of over 850,000..
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