8 Heller - John William I

8 Heller - John William I - obverse8 Heller - John William I - reverse

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Features

Issuer United duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg (German States)
Duke John William (Johann Wilhelm) (1592-1609)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1604-1609
Value 8 Heller = 1 Fettmännchen (1⁄74)
Currency Thaler (1521-1609)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.6 g
Diameter 17 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
139912
References KM# 12,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Noss Be# 425
Alfred Noss; 1929. Die Münzen von Jülich, Kleve, Berg und Mörs / Band 2. Die Münzen von Berg und Jülich-Berg. Kress & Hornung, Munich, Germany.

Obverse

Denomination in roman numerals within beaded circle, legend surrounding.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
+NVMVS IVLIACEN

VIII

Reverse

2-line central inscription within beaded circle, legend surrounding.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CVSVS MOLHEMIAE 606
LXX
IIII

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Minted from 1592 to 1609. A specimen with a 90° offset medal strike.

Jean Guillaume de Clèves (May 29, 1562 - March 25, 1609) (German: Johann Wilhelm von Kleve, Dutch: Johan Willem van Kleef), was a Duke of Cleves, Berg and Juliers, Count of La Marck and Ravensberg from 1592 to 1609, second son of William IV, Duke of Cleves, Berg, Juliers, etc., and Marie de Habsbourg, Archduchess of Austria.

When Johann William, Duke of Juliers, Cleves and Berg died on March 25, 1609, he had no legitimate heir to succeed him. Consequently, Philippe Louis de Neubourg, Duke of Neubourg, husband of his sister Anne de Clèves, and Elector John III Sigismund of Brandenburg, husband of Anne of Prussia, daughter of his other sister Marie-Éléonore de Clèves, both laid claim to the duchy.

Henry IV of France and the representatives of the United Provinces were concerned that Emperor Rudolf II might confiscate the throne of the Duchy of Juliers-Clèves-Berg. Emperor Rudolf did indeed consider adding territories to the existing Habsburg possessions in the Netherlands. In the end, troops of the Holy Roman Empire occupied the fortress of Juliers.

The War of the Juliers-Clèves Succession was one of the precursors to the Thirty Years' War.

The Treaty of Xanten (German: Vertrag von Xanten), was signed in the Rhineland town of Xanten on November 12, 1614 between Wolfgang Wilhelm, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg and Elector John III Sigismund of Brandenburg, with representatives of England and France acting as mediators.

The treaty put an end to the War of the Juliers Succession and all hostilities between Wolfgang Wilhelm and John Sigismund. Under the terms of the treaty, the territories of Juliers, Berg and Ravenstein went to Wolfgang William, while the territories of Kleve-Marck and Ravensberg went to John Sigismund. The latter were the first Rhineland territories to come into the possession of the House of Hohenzollern, prefiguring the future Prussian Rhineland. (Source: Wikipedia)Automatically translated

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1604  23 000 (1)604
1605  326 000 (1)605
1606  445 000 (1)606
1607  228 000 (1)607
1608  110 000 (1)608
1609  84 000 (1)609

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