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20 Kreuzers - Hieronymus von Colloredo
| Issuer | Salzburg Mint |
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| Year | 1787-1803 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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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.