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1 Kreuzer landmünz - Leopold I Vienna
| Issuer | Imperial Mint, Vienna |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Value | 1 Kreuzer (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Emperor Leopold I facing right, wearing a flowing wig with long curls and an imperial laurel wreath, with elaborate lace cravat and cuirass visible at the truncation. The effigy is rendered in the late Baroque style characteristic of the Vienna Mint in the 1690s. A beaded inner circle frames the portrait, with the Latin circumscription reading LEOPOLDVS D.G.R.I.S.A.GE.H.BO.REX. distributed around the periphery. The mint mark 'S' appears at the base of the obverse field below the bust truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOPOLDVS D.G.R.I.S.A.GE.H.BO.REX. |
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Leopold I's small silver kreuzer issues of the 1690s were produced under persistent pressure from the Imperial treasury, which was financing simultaneous campaigns against both the Ottomans and Louis XIV. The Vienna mint was running at near-capacity through much of this decade, and the tiny landmünz denominations — intended for local Austrian circulation rather than imperial trade — were struck in enormous numbers with correspondingly little care for die alignment or planchet preparation.
KM#1229 is frequently found with weak centers, a known consequence of the shallow working dies used at Vienna for this denomination during this period.