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20 Kreuzers - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1837-1848 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1837 A - - 1837 B - - 1837 C - - 484,000 1837 E - - 1837 M - - 1838 A - - 1838 B - - 1838 C - - 625,000 1838 E - overdate variety exists - 1838 M - - 1839 A - - 1839 B - - 1839 C - - 220,000 1839 E - - 1840 A - - 1840 C - - 1,122,000 1840 E - - 1840 M - - 1841 A - - 1841 C - - 2,543,000 1841 E - - 1842 A - - 1842 C - - 644,000 1842 E - - 1842 M - - 1843 A - - 1843 C - - 1,257,000 1843 E - - 1843 M - - 1844 A - - 1844 C - - 1,492,000 1844 E - - 1844 M - - 1845 A - - 1845 C - - 1,461,000 1845 E - - 1845 M - - 1846 A - - 1846 C - - 1,549,000 1846 E - overdate variety exists - 1846 M - - 1847 A - - 1847 C - - 1,528,000 1847 E - - 1847 M - - 1848 A - - 13,632,000 1848 C - - 2,241,000 1848 E - - |
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Ferdinand I's reign was defined less by the emperor himself — epileptic, cognitively impaired, and largely managed by Metternich's State Conference — than by the revolutionary pressures that eventually forced his abdication in December 1848. This 20 Kreuzer series spans that entire arc, from the conservative stability of the Vormärz period straight through the revolutions of 1848, when the Habsburg mints were operating under siege conditions and Ferdinand was already being shuffled toward the door.
The .583 fineness marks a deliberate debasement from earlier Habsburg silver standards, a quiet fiscal adjustment that passed without public crisis.