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| Emittent | Austrian Empire |
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| Jahr | 1629-1637 |
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| Referenz(en) | KM#709 |
| Aversbeschreibung | Laureate and draped bust of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg facing right, occupying the central field within a beaded circle. The numeral '3' denoting the denomination appears below the bust. The surrounding legend, commencing at 12 o'clock, reads the abbreviated titulature for Ferdinand II, by the Grace of God Emperor of the Romans, King of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. The portrait is rendered in the late Renaissance style characteristic of Habsburg coinage of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Reversschrift | Latin |
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Ferdinand II ruled the Habsburg lands through the worst years of the Thirty Years' War, and the Graz mint operated under sustained financial pressure throughout this period. War financing drove a deliberate debasement of the Kipper und Wipper era, and while the worst of that silver crisis had nominally passed by 1629, the .500 fineness of this issue reflects how far Austrian small coinage had drifted from earlier standards — earlier 3 Kreuzer pieces had circulated at meaningfully higher silver content.
Ferdinand died in February 1637, ending a reign defined by the Counter-Reformation's aggressive reassertion across Styria, where the Graz mint sat.