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3 Kreuzers - Leopold I Kuttenberg
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1695-1701 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle displayed in the central field, with outspread wings and a central escutcheon bearing the quartered arms of the Habsburg territories. The mint mark C·K appears below the eagle's tail. The date, here 1699 as visible on this example, is divided across the upper field flanking the Imperial crown. The circumferential legend GER·HVN·BOHEMIAE REX·C K runs around the periphery within a milled border, proclaiming Leopold I as King of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. |
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| Reverse lettering | GER. HVN. BOHEMIAE REX. C K |
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Leopold I ruled Bohemia as Holy Roman Emperor throughout a reign defined by near-constant warfare — the Great Turkish War consumed the 1680s and 1690s, and the Nine Years' War with France ran concurrently. Military expenditure placed enormous strain on provincial mints, and the Kuttenberg facility (Kutná Hora) was among the most productive in Bohemia, its output tied directly to the silver ore extraction of the surrounding mining district that had made the town wealthy since the medieval period. By the late 1690s that mining economy was already in visible decline.