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10 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 1770-1780 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Empress Maria Theresia facing right, veiled and wearing a laurel wreath, set within an ornate wreath of laurel and palm branches tied with a ribbon bow at the base. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the veil, hair, and lace collar. The circular Latin legend runs along the outer rim within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed, each head surmounted by a separate crown beneath a large imperial crown at center. The breast bears a crowned escutcheon with the composite arms of Austria-Burgundy. Below the eagle, flanked by ornate foliate scrollwork, the numeral '10' denotes the denomination, with the mintmaster initials 'V.C.S.' appearing above it. The circular Latin legend incorporates the regnal titles and the date, running around the outer rim within a beaded border. |
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Maria Theresia's coinage reforms of the 1750s and 1760s were driven largely by the financial wreckage of the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War, both of which left the Habsburg treasury severely strained. The 10 Kreuzer denomination served the middle tier of everyday commerce across a currency zone that stretched from the Austrian Netherlands to Lombardy, where local populations often dealt in multiple competing monetary systems simultaneously.
Production across this decade saw output from multiple mint facilities, including Hall in Tyrol, which had been striking Habsburg silver since the 15th century.