GERMANY, AACHEN 12 heller 1767 IK


GERMANY, AACHEN, 12 heller, 1767 IK, Obverse: eagle, date and mintmaster initials, Reverse: XII HELLER REICHS STADT ACHEN, copper, 28mm, 4.58g, KM51, VF-VF+

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Aachen is a city in far northwestern Germany. There is a cathedral and a university. There were Neolithic settlements. There are hot springs there. The Romans built a spa. You’d travel for a couple of weeks to get to the medicinal waters. The spa was destroyed during the barbarian invasions. In Carolingian times the spa was rebuilt and the town was attached to Cologne. In the days of the Holy Roman Empire it was a Free Imperial City. Napoleon took it, then lost it to Prussia after his fall.

