15 Kreuzers - Leopold I Hall

Leopold I's 15 Kreuzer pieces from Hall in Tyrol occupy an awkward place in Habsburg monetary history — the denomination was explicitly created to address the chronic shortage of mid-range silver coinage during the prolonged fiscal strain of the Ottoman wars, particularly following the catastrophic siege of Vienna in 1683. The Hall mint, operating under the Tyrolian chamber, ran these continuously for over two decades precisely because demand never let up.

KM#1289 encompasses numerous die marriages across the span, and date collectors working this type will find certain years — particularly the early 1680s — genuinely difficult to locate.