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1/4 Kreuzer - Quadrans - Maria Theresia Hall
| Issuer | Hall Mint (Tirol) |
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| Year | 1742-1747 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
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| Reverse description | Four lines of bold Latin inscription filling the field, reading QUADRANS / NOVUS / TYROLIS / [date], separated by a decorative arabesque ornament at the top of the legend. The lettering is deeply struck in a plain serif style. The milled border frames the reverse. No additional imagery or symbols are present in the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Hall's mint in Tirol operated under Habsburg administration but retained considerable local authority over small-denomination production, and these quarter kreuzer pieces were struck specifically to address a chronic shortage of the smallest change circulating in the Tyrolean valleys. The years 1742–1747 coincide almost exactly with the War of Austrian Succession, when Maria Theresia was fighting simultaneously against Bavaria, France, Prussia, and Saxony while scrambling to keep domestic commerce functional. Subsidiary coinage like this was a fiscal pressure valve.
Six distinct Her. varieties (1538–1543) document year-by-year die changes across the run.