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1/2 Ducaton - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Austrian Netherlands |
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| Year | 1749-1754 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned composite heraldic shield bearing the quartered arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Brabant, and Milan, with a central escutcheon displaying the arms of Austria and Burgundy, the whole surrounded by elaborate Baroque foliate ornamentation and superimposed upon a Burgundian cross. A Latin legend encircles the design abbreviating the titles Archidux Austriae, Dux Burgundiae, Brabantiae, Comes Flandriae. The date appears in the legend at the base of the design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Austrian Netherlands ducaton series resumed under Maria Theresia following the disruption of the War of Austrian Succession, which had left Brussels and Antwerp mints effectively idle for much of the early 1740s. The half ducaton specifically was reintroduced to address a shortage of mid-denomination silver in a province where Spanish-tradition coinage still circulated alongside the new Habsburg issues. KM#7 was struck at both Brussels and Antwerp across this five-year window, and attributing individual pieces to a specific mint requires careful attention to mintmaster marks rather than any feature cataloged in standard metadata fields.