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1⁄16 Ducat - Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1778 |
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| Reference(s) | ÉH#610, KM#660, H#977 |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/16 1778. H.S. |
| Edge | Milled |
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The 1/16 ducat denomination was struck for Transylvania in the final years before Joseph II absorbed the principality's administrative autonomy following Maria Theresa's death in 1780. At 0.23 grams, these were among the smallest gold coins produced under Habsburg authority — handling losses alone account for most attrition, and surviving examples with legible detail are genuinely scarce. The Vienna court periodically issued fractional ducats for regional markets where small-denomination gold retained transactional utility that silver could not fill.