Définition

• Originally a small silver coin which takes its name from Hall, in Wurttemberg, where it was originally issued in the early part of the thirteenth century. Conf. Handelheller.

  In the fifteenth century it degenerated to a base silver, and later to a billon coin, and was not only common throughout southern Germany, but was used extensively in Silesia, Pommerania, etc. At a somewhat later period, the Heller became a copper coin altogether. Its value varied according to the locality. Eight Heller were generally equal to a Kreuzer or two Heller to a Pfennig.

  It is still retained in Austria and in German East Africa, being the one hundredth part of the Krone and the Rupie respectively.

La source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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