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1/4 Kreutzer - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 1777-1779 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse lettering | M·THERESIA·D: G·R·I·H·B·R·A·AUST· |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maria Theresia's copper fractional coinage of the late 1770s was largely a response to chronic small-change shortages across the Habsburg hereditary lands, where low-denomination transactions were frequently conducted with badly worn, clipped, or outright counterfeit pieces. The quarter kreutzer sat at the absolute bottom of the official monetary hierarchy — a denomination so small that even its copper production costs were a meaningful concern to the mint administration.
These were struck at a period when Maria Theresia held titular rule jointly with her son Joseph II, though she retained effective authority over domestic policy until her death in 1780.