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1/4 Kreuzer - Maria Theresia Hall
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1748-1749 |
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| Value | 1/4 Kreuzer (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface, presenting a completely blank, plain field with no design, inscription, or decorative element of any kind. |
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Maria Theresia's early reign was consumed by the War of the Austrian Succession, which drained the treasury and forced hard decisions about small-denomination coinage. The Hall mint in Tyrol — one of the oldest operating mints in the Habsburg system — struck these quarter kreuzer pieces in billon precisely because copper supplies were being prioritized for larger-scale military logistics. The two-year window of this issue reflects a transitional moment in Habsburg monetary administration before the sweeping Münzpatent reforms of the 1750s rationalized the coinage structure across the empire.