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1 Kreuzer - Ferdinand III Graz
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1654 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | An ornate oval shield bearing the coat of arms of Styria — the distinctive silver panther — is superimposed at center upon a double cross, all contained within an inner circle. The date 1654 is divided by the arms of the cross in the lower portion of the field. A Latin legend encircles the composition within the outer border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand III died in 1657, making this a late issue from his reign — struck just three years before his death and during a period when the Habsburg hereditary lands were still financially exhausted from the Thirty Years' War, which had ended only six years prior at Westphalia. Small billon kreuzer from the Graz mint circulated aggressively in the Alpine provinces and rarely survived without significant wear. The .312 fineness reflects deliberate Habsburg debasement policy that had been incrementally reducing silver content in subsidiary coinage since the early seventeenth century.