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2 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Imperial Austrian coat of arms — a crowned double-headed eagle bearing a quartered escutcheon on its breast — surmounted by the Austrian Imperial crown with cross finial. The shield is set within a rectangular cartouche with granulated background. A circular Latin legend runs along the entire periphery, reading K·K·OESTERREICHISCHE SCHEIDEMUNZE·, denoting the imperial token coinage authority. |
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| Obverse lettering | K·K·OESTERREICHISCHE SCHEIDEMUNZE· |
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The year 1848 was catastrophic for Habsburg authority. Revolutions broke out simultaneously in Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Milan — the empire came closer to dissolution that year than at any point before 1918. That this coin was struck at all reflects the bureaucratic inertia of imperial minting operations continuing through the upheaval, not any particular stability. Franz Joseph I ascended to the throne in December of that same year, making coins struck earlier in 1848 issues of his predecessor Ferdinand I.