1 Kreuzer landmünz - Leopold I Vienna

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.