1 Heller    (sold for $18.0)

1772, Bamberg, Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim. Copper 1 Heller Coin. XF-AU!

Mint year: 1772 Denomination: 1 Heller Reference: KM-133 ($60 in XF!). Condition: Minor greenish deposits, otherwise XF-AU! Material: Copper Diameter: 16mm Weight: 0.95gm

Obverse: Arms of Bamberg (a lion behind diagonal line).

Reverse: Value (1) above denomination (HELLER.) and date (1772) above arabesque.

The Bishopric of Bamberg was established in 1007, to further expand the spread of Christianity in Germany. The ecclesiastical state was a member of the Holy Roman Empire from about 1245 until it was subsumed to the Electorate of Bavaria in 1802.

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Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim (1708–1779) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1755 to 1779 and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1757 to 1779.

Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim was born in Regensburg on February 16, 1708, the son of Maximilian Franz Graf von Seinsheim (1681-1739) and his wife Anna Philippina Gräfin von Schönborn (1685-1721). His mother was the sister of Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier; Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg; and Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Speyer.

He became a canon of Bamberg Cathedral and Würzburg Cathedral in 1718. He studied Christian theology at the University of Salzburg (master's degree 1724) and at the Collegium Germanicum 1725-27; and law at the University of Würzburg and Leiden University. In 1747, he became provost of the Church of St. Gangolf in Bamberg. He was ordained as a priest on September 29, 1753.

The cathedral chapter of Würzburg Cathedral unanimously elected him Prince-Bishop of Würzburg on January 7, 1755, with Pope Benedict XIV confirming his appointment on March 17, 1755. He was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenfels, Prince-Bishop of Speyer, on June 15, 1755. At the insistence of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, he was elected Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on April 21, 1757, thus creating a personal union between the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg and the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. The pope confirmed this appointment on May 23, 1757.

Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim supported the imperial side during the Seven Years' War. Troops from the Kingdom of Prussia invaded both bishoprics during the course of this war.

He died of pneumonia in Würzburg on February 18, 1779 and is buried there.