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1/4 Kreutzer - Frederick Charles Joseph of Erthal
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1795 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FRID.CAR.IOS.A EP.ET EL.MOG.EP.W. |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the fractional denomination '1/4 KREUT ZER' in bold block lettering arranged across three lines, with the date 1795 below, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The engraver's initials 'I.A.' separated by a rosette appear in the exergue beneath the beaded circle. The outer legend KUR MAINZER LAND MUNZ, denoting the Electoral Mainz territorial mint, runs along the periphery of the coin. |
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Frederick Charles Joseph von Erthal served as Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1774 until French Revolutionary forces effectively ended the Electorate's secular authority. By 1795, that authority was already collapsing — French troops had occupied Mainz in 1792, were expelled in 1793 after a siege, and the political situation remained precarious. Small copper issues like this one continued to be struck despite the instability, though the Electorate itself would be formally dissolved within a few years. Erthal died in 1802, the last Archbishop-Elector to exercise meaningful temporal power over the territory.