Heller (money)
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The heller, or haller was a German coin valued at half a pfennig named after city of Hall (today Schwäbisch Hall). The coin was produced beginning in the 13th century as silver pfennig (Häller Pfennig). 100 "hellers would be equal to $5.34 in US
Heller was also the term used in the Austrian half of the empire for 1/100 of the Austro-Hungarian krone (the other being fillér in the Hungarian half), the currency of Austria-Hungary from 1892 until after the demise of the Empire.
The term heller (Czech: haléř, Slovak: halier) is also used for a coin valued at 1/100 of the Koruna in the Czech Republic (Czech koruna) and Slovakia (Slovak koruna), as well as in former Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovak koruna).
- Coins of the Czech koruna
- Øre (Subdivision of Scandinavian crowns)