W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

Catalogue of European Mints 1 1
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Regni TransyL, in silver, was struck here, as well as one of 5 groschen,
in 1613 both
; money of necessity.
Hersfeld, or Hirschfeld, Hesse-Cassel, on the Fulda, formerly the seat
of an abbey, which in the 1 2th- 1
3th c. issued bracteates. There is one of
the Bishop Johann, 1200-15, with the abbot seated.
Herstal, or Heristal, near Liege, a Brabantine mint in the Middle
Ages and down to 1324. Pepin le Gros, grandson of the founder of the
Carlovingian family, was known as Pepin van Heristal. Comp. Sch.,
xv. 1076-77. The money of the feudal lords of Herstal was struck here.
Henry I. calls himself both Dominus and Comes.
Hertogen-rode, Rhenish Prussia, a mint of the Dukes of Limburg
(i3th c.), of Renaud or Reynald, Duke of Gueldres, under a charter from
the Emperor Rodolph of Hapsburg in 1282, where it is described as
Rode, and subsequently, on the incorporation of Limburg with his
dominions in 1288, of John I., Duke of Brabant (1272-94). The Duke
of Gueldres above mentioned transferred his coinage from Limburg.
The place was otherwise known as Rolditc (Rode-le-Duc).
Hesse -Darmstadt Mints (minor)
:
Alsfeld, Assenheim, Biedenkopf,
Biidingen, Burg-Milchling, Biitzbach, Dieburg, Erbach, Griinberg,
Hatzfeld, Herbstein, Isenburg, Lichtenborg, Lorsch (abbey), Neustadt,
Nidda, Niederolm, Niederwesel, Offenbach, Ranstett, Rhens, Raedelheim,
Rothenberg, Seligenstatt, Siedel, Wetterau, Wimpfen.
Hessian Mints (minor)
:
Eschwege, Frankenberg, Fritzlar, Gelnhausen,
Geismar, Minzenberg, Neustedt, Oldendorf, Breitungen,
Rauschenberg, Vacha, Volkmersen, Wolfhagen.
Heukelom, Vianen, the name of a seigniorial fief in the Low Countries
in the Middle Ages. A denier of Jan van Arkel, described as unique,
occurs in Sch., xi. 819. Possibly it was struck in the locality. Comp.
Vianen.
Heusdcn, Brabant, a supposed mint of the Heeren of H. in the I2th c.
See an interesting note in Schulman, xiv. 305.
Hildburghausen, Central Germany, the presumed mint of the Dukes
Saxe-Hildburghausen down to the union with Saxe-Meiningen.
Hildesheim, Hanover, formerly and at two successive epochs a place
of considerable importance and a seat of coinage. A siege -piece in
copper of 1658 belongs to this town. A grosch of 1699 reads
Hildeshei : Stadt ; Geldt. The money of the Bishops was struck here in
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