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15 Kreuzers - Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1743-1745 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Edge | Milled |
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| Mintage | 1743 K B - - 1744 K B - - 1745 K B - - |
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These issues were struck in the early years of Maria Theresa's reign, when her claim to the Habsburg lands was actively contested by Bavaria, France, Prussia, and Saxony simultaneously — the War of the Austrian Succession had opened in 1740, and Hungary's loyalty was anything but guaranteed. The Hungarian estates had famously pledged military support in 1741, a decision that likely saved her throne, and coinage carrying the Hungarian attribution was politically deliberate during this window.
The .563 fineness sits noticeably below the standard expected for silver coinage of this denomination, reflecting wartime fiscal pressure on the Vienna treasury.