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15 Kreuzers - Leopold I
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy (Hungary) |
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| Year | 1677-1686 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the Madonna and Child (Patrona Hungariae) enthroned and facing, surrounded by an elaborate radiate aureole of alternating straight and wavy rays. Below the central figure, a small Hungarian arms shield is displayed. The mint letter B appears in the field to the right of the central device. The date is divided across the top of the field, and the encircling Latin legend is separated by small ornamental stops, all within a beaded border. |
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The 15 kreuzer denomination was a direct product of the monetary chaos following the Thirty Years' War, when fractional silver coinage in the Holy Roman Empire became deeply unstable. Leopold I used Hungarian issues like this one partly to fund his costly campaigns against the Ottomans — a war that would culminate in the 1683 siege of Vienna and the eventual rollback of Ottoman power in the Carpathian Basin. Hungarian mint output during this decade was substantial but erratic, with Kremnitz (Körmöcbánya) bearing most of the production burden.
Coins of this type are frequently encountered with weak areas around the shield — a known characteristic of the series, not collector damage.