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1 Kreuzer landmünz - Leopold I Vienna
| Issuer | Imperial Mint, Vienna |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned Imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the centre of the field, with wings spread, each head facing outward; on the breast of the eagle is affixed an escutcheon bearing the numeral '1' denoting the face value of one Kreuzer. The imperial crown surmounts the eagle above, and the date 1695 is divided on either side of the crown at the top of the field. A beaded inner circle surrounds the design, with the lengthy Latin titular legend of Leopold I distributed around the full circumference of the coin. |
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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.