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1 Pfennig - Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1759-1765 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Austrian coat of arms — a crowned escutcheon bearing the horizontal bars of the Habsburg-Austria arms — set within an ornamental cartouche with baroque decorative flourishes. The date appears divided around the shield, with the mint mark CA (Karlsburg/Gyulafehérvár) positioned in the lower portion of the field. The heraldic composition is typical of small Habsburg copper coinage struck for Transylvania during the reign of Maria Theresa. |
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| Mint | Gyulafehérvár Mint (Karlsburg / Alba Iulia, Transylvania) |
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Transylvania's incorporation into the Habsburg administrative system after 1711 created persistent small-change shortages as Vienna struggled to supply copper coinage to a region geographically remote from the main mints. These pfennig pieces were struck at the Nagybánya mint — present-day Baia Mare in Romania — which operated under direct imperial oversight during this period but with chronic supply and staffing problems that produced considerable variation across the issue's six-year run.
Huszár records notable inconsistency in planchet quality across this type.