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20 Kreuzers - Leopold II
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 1790-1792 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1754-1857) |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread and each head facing outward, surmounted by a single Imperial crown above the junction of both necks. The eagle's breast bears a large quartered escutcheon with the Habsburg-Lorraine arms. Flanking the lower body of the eagle are two olive or laurel sprigs, whose stems converge beneath the numeral 20 rendered within a cartouche or scroll at the base, indicating the denomination. The circular Latin legend encircles the whole, with the date appearing in the upper portion of the legend. The engraving style is consistent with late-18th-century Austrian milled silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCH.AVST.D.BVRG.LOTH.M.D.HET. 1791.X. (Translation: Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany) |
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Leopold II ruled for just under two years before dying suddenly in March 1792 — officially of illness, though contemporaries suspected poison. His 20 Kreuzer coinage therefore spans an unusually compressed window, with dies produced across three calendar years for a reign that barely covered twenty-six months. The Vienna mint was simultaneously managing monetary pressures generated by the Austro-Turkish War and the early tremors of Revolutionary France destabilizing Habsburg financial confidence.
Adamo L3 specimens from 1790 represent the transition year when dies were prepared under Joseph II's administration but struck under Leopold's authority.