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1/2 Groschen - Frederick V
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1471 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the central field, rendered in the late Gothic hammered style characteristic of Habsburg coinage. The eagle's two heads face outward to either side, with spread wings and talons visible below. A circular legend in Latin uncial script runs between two beaded (pearl) borders encircling the central device. The inscription references Frederick as Holy Roman Emperor. |
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| Obverse lettering | + FRI DG RomA ImPE` 4A |
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Frederick V — better known as Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III — issued this coin as Duke of Austria during a period of almost comical political dysfunction. He spent much of the 1460s besieged in his own Vienna residence by Hungarian forces under Matthias Corvinus, and Austrian estates repeatedly turned against him. That a coherent mint operation produced currency at all during the early 1470s reflects the administrative stubbornness of a ruler his contemporaries nicknamed "the Arch-Sleeper" for his glacial decision-making. The CNA Fb17 attribution places this among the documented half-groschen types from his Austrian ducal coinage, distinct from his imperial issues.