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Heller (coin)
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The Heller, abbreviation hlr, was a coin, originally valued at half a pfennig, that was issued in Switzerland and states of the Holy Roman Empire, surviving in some European countries until the 20th century.
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It was first recorded in 1200 or 1208[1] or, according to Reiner Hausherr as early as 1189.[2] The hellers were gradually so debased that they were no longer silver coins. There were 576 hellers in a Reichsthaler ("imperial thaler"). After the Second World War, hellers only survived in Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
The heller also existed as a silver unit of weight equal to 1⁄512 of a Mark.
Notgeld (emergency paper money) was issued in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein during the interwar period denominated in hellers.