3 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia Vienna

Maria Theresia issued these kreuzer pieces during the War of the Austrian Succession, when Bavarian and French forces had already occupied Prague and the Elector of Bavaria had been crowned Holy Roman Emperor as Charles VII — the first non-Habsburg to hold that title in over three centuries. Vienna itself was briefly threatened. That the mint maintained production through this period is less a sign of stability than of deliberate policy: small-denomination billon coinage kept markets functioning and wages paid when larger silver was being hoarded or melted.

The Her#1300-1303 sequence documents at least four die varieties across the emission, reflecting continuous recoinage pressure rather than any single mint run.