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1 Kreuzer - Charles VI
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1716-1724 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Madonna and Child (Patrona Hungariae) enthroned, shown facing, with a halo, set upon a radiate glory. Below the central figure is the Hungarian arms shield (barry of eight gules and argent with the patriarchal cross on a mount). The mint mark 'NB' (Nagybánya) appears to the right of the central image, and the date is split to the left and right of the central design. The circular legend PATRONA · HVNGARIÆ · runs along the periphery, identifying the Virgin Mary as Protector of Hungary. |
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| Mintage | 1716 N B - - 1717 N B - - 1718 N B - - 1721 N B - - 1723 N B - - 1724 N B - - |
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Charles VI spent much of his reign pressing European powers to accept the Pragmatic Sanction, the succession instrument that would eventually allow his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit. Hungary was among the first kingdoms to ratify it, in 1722, making these kreuzers struck in the middle years of that political negotiation something of a byproduct of dynastic anxiety. The tiny silver content — well under a gram — reflects the chronic debasement pressure on small-denomination Hungarian coinage throughout the early eighteenth century.