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3 Kreuzers - Joseph I
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1705-1711 |
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| Weight | 1.72 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped laureate bust of Emperor Joseph I facing right, wearing a flowing periwig and armored cuirass with decorative knotwork at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in a late Baroque style typical of Habsburg coinage of the early eighteenth century. The encircling Latin legend reads IOSEPHUS · D : G : R : I · S : A : G : H : B : REX, divided around the bust. The field is slightly irregular, consistent with hammered production. Mint initials appear in the lower portion of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOSEPHUS · D : G : R : I (3) S : A : G : H : B : REX (Translation: Iosephus Dei gratia Romanorum imperator semper augustus Germaniae, Hungariae, Bohemiae rex - Joseph, by the grace of God Emperor of the Romans, Always August, King of Germany, Hungary.) |
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Joseph I inherited the Hungarian throne amid the Rákóczi Uprising, a full-scale rebellion that had driven Habsburg administration from most of the kingdom by 1703. His government minted these small silver pieces partly to assert fiscal presence in territories it barely controlled. The rebellion's leader, Ferenc Rákóczi II, issued his own competing coinage simultaneously, making legitimate Habsburg small change politically charged by its mere existence.
The Huszár references split this type across two entries — H#1577 and H#1578 — reflecting documented die variations within the series.