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20 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia Hall
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 1768-1780 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central device features the Imperial double-headed eagle surmounted by an elaborate crown, with the Austrian escutcheon on its breast and the mint mark VC·S· (Vienna) prominently displayed below the shield. Flanking the eagle are symmetrical sprays of laurel and olive branches. The denomination numeral 20 appears in a decorative cartouche at the base of the design, and the date 1778 is integrated into the circular Latin legend ARCHID·AUST·DUX·BURG·CO·TYR· (Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Countess of Tyrol) running around the outer border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Maria Theresia's 20 Kreuzer pieces from the Hall mint occupy a specific niche in her monetary reform program — the 1765 coinage ordinance rationalized the Habsburg tariff system and tied silver denominations more tightly to the Convention standard shared with Bavaria. Hall, operating in the Inn valley since the 13th century, was one of the last major Austrian mints still functioning outside Vienna, and its output is distinguished from the Vienna and Günzburg strikes by the mintmark "G" for Günzburg versus "H" for Hall.
Production at Hall ceased permanently in 1809 under Napoleonic pressure.