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1 Kreuzer - Maria Theresia Vienna
| Issuer | Vienna Mint |
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| Year | 1742-1745 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCH AUST D BUR C TYR 1744 |
| Edge | Plain |
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Maria Theresia was fighting for her throne when these were struck. The War of Austrian Succession had begun in 1740 the moment her father Charles VI died, with Bavaria, France, Prussia, and Saxony all pressing territorial claims against a 23-year-old heir they calculated would fold. She didn't. The billon kreuzer was the workhorse of everyday Habsburg commerce throughout the conflict, and Vienna continued striking low-denomination coinage even as Bavarian forces briefly occupied Prague and Frederick II absorbed Silesia — a loss she never fully accepted.