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1 Denier - Charles III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary (Habsburg Monarchy) |
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| Year | 1734-1740 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Hungarian arms, a quartered shield displaying the traditional Árpád stripes (alternating horizontal bars) on the dexter side and the apostolic double cross on a triple mount on the sinister side, surmounted by the Hungarian crown. The mint mark K–B (Kremnica) flanks the shield at the centre sides. A circular Latin legend runs along the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts the Madonna and Child (Patrona Hungariae), the Virgin Mary shown facing slightly left, crowned and mantled, holding the infant Jesus on her left arm. The composition is rendered in low relief typical of small Habsburg subsidiary coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, incorporating the date, with a beaded border at the rim. The coin bears a post-mint piercing at the lower centre. |
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Charles III of Hungary — better known as Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI — spent much of his reign consumed by the Pragmatic Sanction, the dynastic instrument he needed European powers to guarantee so his daughter Maria Theresa could inherit. The small silver denier continued circulating through this political maneuvering largely unchanged, a denomination whose design had persisted in Hungary for centuries by the time these were struck.
The ÉH and Huszár references list multiple varieties across this date range, distinguishing minor differences in the mint marks and die details that accumulated across the final years of Charles's reign. He died in October 1740, and Maria Theresa's accession immediately triggered the War of Austrian Succession.