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1 Kreuzer - Ferdinand I Hall
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1556-1557 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Two overlapping or shifted Latin crosses displayed prominently within a beaded inner circle, their flared arms filling the central field in a decorative foliate style. The crosses are rendered in relief against a flat field, creating a bold geometric motif characteristic of Habsburg kleinmünzen of the period. A circular Latin legend surrounds the beaded border, reading the royal titulature of Ferdinand I. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand I issued these small kreuzers from the Hall mint in Tirol during the final year of his reign — he died in July 1564, though this particular emission dates to 1556–57, when the Habsburg treasury was stretched thin funding campaigns against the Ottomans following Suleiman's renewed pressure on the Hungarian frontier. Hall's mint was among the most productive in the Empire precisely because of its proximity to the Tirolean silver mines, which had been sustaining Habsburg military finance since the previous century. Markl's differentiation between 1710 and 1711 reflects minor die variations rather than separate emissions.