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1/4 Kreuzer - Ferdinand
| Issuer | Würzburg, Grand Duchy of |
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| Year | 1811 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the crowned coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, depicting a quartered shield surmounted by a grand ducal crown. The date is divided across the field, with '18' to the left and '11' to the right of the shield. The arms incorporate heraldic devices associated with Ferdinand of Tuscany's rule over Würzburg. The overall design is rendered in a neoclassical style typical of early nineteenth-century German minting. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination inscription in two bold horizontal lines across the centre of the plain field, reading '1 VIERTEL' on the upper line and 'KREUZER' on the lower line, with a small decorative ornament below. Above the inscription a numeral '1' appears at the top of the field. The legend is rendered in incuse capital Latin letters within a simple unadorned field, characteristic of the utilitarian copper coinage of the period. |
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The Grand Duchy of Würzburg was a Napoleonic creation, carved out in 1806 and handed to Ferdinand of Tuscany as compensation for Habsburg territorial losses under the Treaty of Pressburg. Its independent coinage life was brief — the duchy was dissolved in 1814 and absorbed into Bavaria, making the entire Ferdinand series a product of fewer than a decade of existence.
KM#476 quarter kreuzer pieces are among the more elusive minor copper issues from this short-lived state, produced in quantities that reflected local small-change demand rather than any broader monetary ambition.