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3 Kreuzers - Francis I of Lorraine
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1750-1763 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1754-1857) |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANC D G R I / S A GE IER REX (Translation: FRANC(iscus) D(ei) G(ratia) R(omanorum) I(mperator) S(emper) A(ugustus) GER(maniae) IER(onimus) REX `Francis, by the Grace of God, Holy Roman Emperor, Ever Exalted (Revered), King of Germany and Jerusalem`) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Francis I spent most of his reign leaving Austrian fiscal policy to Maria Theresa, who drove aggressive monetary reform throughout the 1750s. The billon 3 Kreuzer issues of this period were workhorses of small commerce across the Habsburg hereditary lands, struck at multiple mints simultaneously — Vienna, Prague, Günzburg among them — which accounts for the mint mark variants cataloged under the KM#2015 series.
The billon content was repeatedly adjusted downward during these years as silver supplies tightened and war expenditure from the Seven Years' War strained imperial finances.