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10 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia Graz
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1754-1765 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1754-1857) |
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| Obverse lettering | M THERESIA D G R // IMP GE HU BO REG |
| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, bearing on its breast an escutcheon charged with the Styrian panther. Below the eagle, a pedestal or tablet bearing the denomination numeral 10 in bold relief. The eagle is flanked by two arching branches, one of laurel and one of palm, tied at the base. The surrounding legend reads ARCHID AUST DUX in the left arc and BURG & STYR followed by the date in the right arc. The overall composition reflects the standard Habsburger heraldic style of the Theresian period. |
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Maria Theresia's monetary reforms of the early 1750s were partly a response to the fiscal wreckage left by the War of the Austrian Succession, which had drained Habsburg coffers and destabilized coinage across her territories. The Konventionsfoot monetary standard, adopted in 1753 with Bavaria, was the framework under which this piece was struck — an attempt to rationalize and unify the bewildering variety of circulating silver in the German-speaking lands.
The Graz mint, operating in Styria, was one of several provincial facilities striking to this new convention. Its output was regionally absorbed rather than broadly traded, distinguishing it from Vienna issues of the same type.