10 Kreuzer

Regensburg's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike its own coinage, though by the late eighteenth century that autonomy was increasingly symbolic — the city's finances were chronically strained and its political weight within the Holy Roman Empire had long been eclipsed by the territorial princes. The five-year production window for this type likely reflects episodic minting tied to fiscal need rather than a sustained coinage program.

Regensburg was also the permanent seat of the Immerwährender Reichstag after 1663, which brought diplomatic traffic but not prosperity.