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2 Pfennig - Leopold I Graz
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1659-1702 |
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| Weight | 0.58 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface issue; the reverse is entirely blank and unworked, with a plain, smooth field bearing no devices, legends, or other decorative elements, a characteristic feature of this roller-milled 2 Pfennig series struck at Graz under Leopold I. |
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Leopold I's long reign saw the Habsburg lands perpetually strained by war finance — the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession all demanded resources that ground small billon coinage into accelerated circulation. The Graz mint, operating under Styrian jurisdiction, supplied much of the petty coinage for the Inner Austrian crownlands throughout this period.
Billon this debased circulated hard and wore fast. Survivors in any meaningful detail are considerably scarcer than the reign's length might suggest.