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10 Kreuzers - Leopold I Graz
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy |
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| Year | 1682 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Three heraldic shields arranged in a trefoil grouping at center: the uppermost bearing the Habsburg double-headed eagle, the lower left displaying the Styrian panther, and the lower right showing the Austrian fess. Ornate foliate mantling surrounds the shields. The date 1682 appears above the shield group, with the mint mark R (for Graz) at the base. The circular legend ARCHI DVX AVS DVX BVR STYRIÆ runs around the periphery, affirming Leopold I's titles as Archduke of Austria and Duke of Burgundy and Styria. |
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Leopold I faced relentless Ottoman pressure throughout the 1680s — the siege of Vienna itself came in 1683, just one year after this piece was struck at the Graz mint. Provincial Austrian mints like Graz operated with considerable autonomy during this period, and the Styrian facility ran parallel to Vienna producing subsidiary silver specifically for regional circulation in the southeastern Habsburg lands, precisely the territories most exposed to the Ottoman frontier.
The Graz mint closed permanently in 1691, making its output from the 1680s the final decade of a centuries-old operation.