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3 Kreuzers - Leopold I Vienna
| Issuer | Imperial Mint of Vienna |
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| Year | 1660-1665 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1169, Her#1307-1312 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned Imperial double-headed eagle displayed at center, bearing on its breast the Habsburg composite arms shield. The date appears divided at the top of the field flanking the crown. The circular legend ARCHID AVS CA DVX B CO TYR runs around the periphery within a beaded border, with the mint mark 'CA' (for the mintmaster Christoph Auer) positioned at the base below the eagle. |
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Leopold I came to the throne in 1658 after the death of his brother Ferdinand IV, whose own reign had lasted barely a year. These small silver pieces were struck through the early years of his rule while the Habsburg court was still managing the financial aftermath of the Thirty Years' War — a conflict that had left Imperial minting operations fragmented across dozens of estates and free cities, each producing wildly inconsistent coinage. Vienna's output during this window was an attempt to reassert centralized monetary authority over the chaos.
Herinek's enumeration across six catalog numbers for this five-year span reflects genuine die variation rather than collector pedantry.