1 Kreuzer

This issue spans the final decades of Austria's copper kreuzer coinage, a denomination effectively rendered obsolete by the currency reform of 1857 that introduced the Austrian florin system — yet the kreuzer persisted as a subdivision, minted in copper while silver dominated the larger denominations. Production wound down as decimalization pressure mounted across the empire, culminating in the switch to the krone system in 1892. Most circulated heavily in rural and lower-income transactions, which means worn survivors are the rule.