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1 Kreutzer - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 1760-1765 |
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| Value | 1 Kreuzer (1⁄60) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination EIN KREUTZER is inscribed in two lines at the centre of an elaborate Baroque cartouche composed of asymmetrical acanthus and scroll-work ornaments. Below the denomination appears the four-digit date, with the mint mark W (Vienna) beneath, separated by a period. The entire composition is enclosed within a fine beaded outer border. The decorative cartouche is deeply struck and typical of the ornamental engraving style favoured by the Habsburg mints during the reign of Maria Theresia. |
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| Mint | C Alba Iulia, Romania H Hall, modern-day Hall in Tyrol, Austria K Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date) N B Baia Mare, Romania S Smolník / Szomolnok / Schmöllnitz, Slovakia W Münze Österreich, Vienna, Austria (1194-date) |
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Maria Theresia's copper kreutzer issues of this period were struck across multiple Habsburg mints simultaneously — Vienna, Graz, Kremnitz, Nagybánya, and others — each imparting subtle die and planchet differences that account for the multiple Huszár reference numbers. The coins were produced to address a chronic shortage of small change across the hereditary lands, a problem that had worsened considerably during the Seven Years' War as military expenditure drained the treasury of silver and disrupted normal coin supply chains.
Copper planchets of this weight were notoriously prone to uneven striking at Kremnitz in particular, where press capacity lagged behind Vienna.