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20 Kreuzers - Hieronymus von Colloredo
| Issuer | Salzburg Mint |
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| Year | 1787-1803 |
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| Value | 20 Kreuzers (⅓) |
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| Reverse description | The elaborately quartered coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Salzburg, surmounted by a princely crown and flanked by two heraldic supporters, occupies the central field. The shield incorporates the traditional arms of Salzburg — a divided field featuring a lion passant and horizontal bars — with ecclesiastical insignia including a cross and papal symbols prominently displayed above. Decorative mantling issues from the crowned helm, framing the composition symmetrically. In the exergue, the date and denomination are displayed across the lower field in the format 17 * 20 * 92, with the value 20 (Kreuzer) prominently centered between the split date. The overall design is characteristic of late Habsburg ecclesiastical heraldic coinage, richly detailed and precisely struck. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Hieronymus von Colloredo is remembered less for his coinage than for his decision to dismiss Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Salzburg court service in 1781 — a famously acrimonious separation that ended with a literal kick from Colloredo's steward. As Prince-Archbishop, Colloredo was an ardent Josephinist reformer who curtailed church festivals, suppressed monasteries, and modernized diocesan administration with a thoroughness that made him deeply unpopular among his subjects.
His archbishopric ended abruptly when Napoleon's campaigns swept through the region, forcing Colloredo to flee Salzburg in 1800. He never returned.