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<p>[QUOTE="manny9655, post: 5142809, member: 112417"]I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but there was an interesting couple of paragraphs about heller-denominated coins in the Oct. 2020 issue of Coins Magazine. The article was entitled "What Can You Learn While Being a Numismatist?" and it was, ironically, written by Patrick A. Heller. He writes: "The first coins of the Heller denomination were issued in 1189 in the German city of Hall am Kocher (today called Schwabisch Hall). The first Heller coins were made of silver and depicted a human palm on one side. The palm represented the right hand of God. During the early Middle Ages, the depiction of God or Jesus Christ came to be considered blasphemous, so usage of these images on coins ceased. However, it was judged acceptable to only depict the palm. Another purpose of depicting the right hand of God on the coin was to intimidate people who otherwise might not trust seeing these coins for the first time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over time, these coins were debased. From about the 1600s onwards, all Heller-denominated coins were copper or mostly copper. They were also the smallest value coins in the lands where they circulated--in Germany, Austria, and areas of the modern-day Czech Republic and Slovakia. Although the denomination was eliminated in Germany after the German Empire was established in the early 1870s, Hellers continued to be used in German colonies such as modern-date Tanzania into the 20th Century. Austria discontinued Hellers at the end of World War I. The final notes denominated in Hellers were removed from circulation in 2008 in the Czech Republic because the purchasing power was too low.</p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, people with surnames such as Haller, Heller or Keller almost certainly have ancestors from the German city of Hall am Kocher."</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure if this was the type of info you were looking for, but I hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="manny9655, post: 5142809, member: 112417"]I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but there was an interesting couple of paragraphs about heller-denominated coins in the Oct. 2020 issue of Coins Magazine. The article was entitled "What Can You Learn While Being a Numismatist?" and it was, ironically, written by Patrick A. Heller. He writes: "The first coins of the Heller denomination were issued in 1189 in the German city of Hall am Kocher (today called Schwabisch Hall). The first Heller coins were made of silver and depicted a human palm on one side. The palm represented the right hand of God. During the early Middle Ages, the depiction of God or Jesus Christ came to be considered blasphemous, so usage of these images on coins ceased. However, it was judged acceptable to only depict the palm. Another purpose of depicting the right hand of God on the coin was to intimidate people who otherwise might not trust seeing these coins for the first time. Over time, these coins were debased. From about the 1600s onwards, all Heller-denominated coins were copper or mostly copper. They were also the smallest value coins in the lands where they circulated--in Germany, Austria, and areas of the modern-day Czech Republic and Slovakia. Although the denomination was eliminated in Germany after the German Empire was established in the early 1870s, Hellers continued to be used in German colonies such as modern-date Tanzania into the 20th Century. Austria discontinued Hellers at the end of World War I. The final notes denominated in Hellers were removed from circulation in 2008 in the Czech Republic because the purchasing power was too low. Incidentally, people with surnames such as Haller, Heller or Keller almost certainly have ancestors from the German city of Hall am Kocher." I'm not sure if this was the type of info you were looking for, but I hope this helps.[/QUOTE]
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