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20 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia Prague
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1768-1780 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle displayed in the center of the field, with wings spread, each head bearing a crown, and a central shield on the breast surmounted by the Imperial crown. The denomination numeral 20 appears in an oval cartouche at the base of the eagle. Mint official initials EvS and A·S are placed on either side of the cartouche, below the eagle's body. A decorative wreath of laurel and palm branches flanks the eagle on both sides. The surrounding Latin legend reads ARCHID AUST DUX BURG SI M MO followed by the date, denoting Maria Theresia's titles as Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, and Countess of the Tyrol. |
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These kreuzers were struck at the Prague mint during the period when Maria Theresia was reorganizing Habsburg fiscal administration following the catastrophic losses of the Seven Years' War. The war had drained Bohemia specifically — the province had been a primary theater of conflict, and rebuilding mint output was part of a broader Theresian reform program that restructured taxation, bureaucracy, and coinage simultaneously.
The Prague mint's output for this type ran concurrent with Vienna and Günzburg strikes, creating subtle die differences that allow attribution by specialists. Prague pieces of this decade tend toward slightly softer detail on the later dates as the mint pushed volume.