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15 Kreuzers Countermark
| Issuer | Konstanz, City of |
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| Year | 1715 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two standing patron saints of Konstanz flank the city arms in the central field: at left, Saint Conrad in episcopal vestments holding a chalice, and at right, Saint Pelagius in armor bearing a palm frond. The city shield, quartered with a cross, is positioned prominently between the two figures at center. The legend encircling the design reads S. CONRADVS and S. PELAGIVS, identifying each saint by name within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the central field, with the numeral 15 on the breast, denoting the denomination of 15 Kreuzer. The encircling legend bears the imperial titles of Holy Roman Emperor Karl VI in Latin. A small applied city arms counterstamp of Konstanz is visible within the design, applied at the time of the coin's revaluation in 1715. |
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In 1715, the city of Konstanz applied a countermark to foreign silver coins to validate them for local circulation at 15 Kreuzer — a practical response to the chronic shortage of reliable small change that plagued southern German city-states in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession. The host coins vary; finding the countermark cleanly struck without obscuring the underlying type is the exception rather than the rule.