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HESSE-CASSEL: Wilhelm II, 1821-1847, BI 1/2 groschen, 1842, PCGS MS64

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HESSE-CASSEL: Wilhelm II, 1821-1847, BI 1/2 groschen, 1842, PCGS MS64
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HESSE-CASSEL: Wilhelm II, 1821-1847, BI 1/2 groschen, 1842, KM-603, C-141, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. The Landgraves of Hesse-Cassel (Hesse-Kassel) were famous for renting out their army to other European nations during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a widespread practice at the time for small countries to rent out troops to larger countries in exchange for subsidies. International jurists drew a distinction between mercenaries and auxiliaries. Mercenaries served in foreign armies as individuals, while auxiliaries were sent by their ruler to the aid of another ruler. Hesse-Kassel took the practice to an extreme, maintaining 5.3% to 7.3% of its population under arms in peacetime in its history, however was known to double that in times of war. The Hessian army served as a readily available reserve for other European nations. During the American Revolutionary War, the Kingdom of Great Britain rented thousands of German troops to fight in the Thirteen Colonies, half of whom came from Hesse-Kassel and nearby Hesse-Hanau. Due to this, American colonists in the colonies referred to all German troops serving with the British with the synecdoche "Hessian".