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3 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II Graz
| Issuer | Graz Mint (Holy Roman Empire - Habsburg) |
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| Year | 1624-1626 |
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| Weight | 1.68 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and armored bust of Emperor Ferdinand II facing right, wearing an ornate cuirass with ruffled collar, occupying the central field. The effigy is rendered in the vigorous baroque style typical of Styrian mint production of this period. The denomination numeral '3' appears in the field to the left of the bust. The encircling Latin legend reads FERDI II D G R I S A G H B REX, separated by small decorative stops, running along the inner edge of a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand II was Holy Roman Emperor during one of the most destructive conflicts in European history — the Thirty Years' War had been underway since 1618, and the Graz mint was operating under considerable fiscal pressure to supply coinage for military expenditure across the Habsburg hereditary lands. The kipper und wipperzeit currency crisis of 1619–1623 had just collapsed, leaving debased small coinage circulating widely and public trust in silver fractional pieces severely damaged.
These pieces were struck as part of the post-kipper monetary rehabilitation, which mandated tighter silver standards across Habsburg mints. The Graz facility was one of several Inner Austrian mints producing 3 Kreuzers concurrently, which accounts for the relatively wide die variety range documented by Herinek.