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1 Kreuzer Wine, Landmark Money, Gastein-Mühlbach
| Issuer | Bishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1709-1727 |
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| Weight | 1.36 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a large decorative interlaced monogram of the letters F, M, and A, boldly rendered in a Gothic or baroque calligraphic style with overlapping strokes. The letters are arranged vertically, with F at the top and the intertwined M and A filling the lower portion of the field. No subsidiary inscriptions or additional design elements are present beyond the monogram itself. A beaded border frames the design along the coin's periphery. The overall style is consistent with early eighteenth-century local Austrian ecclesiastical coinage. |
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The "Weinkreuzer" issued by the Bishopric of Salzburg functioned as a dedicated wine tax token — a one-kreuzer levy collected specifically on wine passing through the Gastein-Mühlbach toll corridor. The bishopric maintained tight control over alpine transit commerce, and these copper pieces circulated as fiscal instruments as much as everyday exchange money. Their use was geographically constrained to the tollway, which explains why surviving examples cluster in relatively narrow condition ranges with consistent wear patterns consistent with heavy short-distance handling.
The Zöttl and Probszt references cover several die variants across the issue's roughly eighteen-year span, reflecting multiple restrikes rather than continuous production.