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1/2 Kreuzer - Franz II
| Issuer | Further Austria |
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| Year | 1801-1804 |
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| Value | 1/2 Kreuzer (1⁄120) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination '1/2 KREUTZER' is displayed in three lines within an ornate cartouche decorated with scrollwork and foliate flourishes. The mint date appears below the denomination, and the mintmark 'H' (for Hall in Tirol) is placed in the lower portion of the cartouche. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border, with the cartouche framing providing a characteristic Baroque decorative element typical of late 18th- and early 19th-century Austrian copper coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/2 KREUTZER 1803· H· |
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Further Austria (Vorderösterreich) was a scattered collection of Habsburg territories in southwestern Germany and the Rhineland, administratively distinct from the main Austrian lands. By the time this piece was struck, the region was already under severe pressure — French Revolutionary armies had overrun much of it during the 1790s, and the Peace of Lunéville in 1801 effectively sealed its fate. Franz II ceded the remaining Further Austrian territories to various German princes by 1806, making this among the final copper issues from a jurisdiction that would cease to exist entirely within a few years of its minting.