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3 Pfennig - Leopold I Breslau
| Issuer | Breslau Mint (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1703-1705 |
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| Value | 3 Pfennigs (3 Pfennige) (1⁄160) |
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| Reverse description | Central imperial orb (Reichsapfel) bearing the numeral '3' denoting the denomination, flanked on either side by the divided date, with the year elements separated by small lozenge or diamond-shaped ornaments. Below the orb, floral or rosette-type ornamental devices are present in the lower field. The design is unencircled by a legend, with the numerals and date forming the principal inscription. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Leopold I's Silesian pfennig issues of this period were struck under the administrative umbrella of Habsburg control over Breslau, a city that had been absorbed into the Habsburg domain following the Bohemian succession in 1526. By 1703, Leopold was simultaneously managing the War of the Spanish Succession and suppressing the Rákóczi uprising in Hungary — small denominational coinage like this kept local commerce moving while imperial finances were stretched across multiple fronts. Billon was the practical choice: silver supplies were under pressure, and the copper content kept production viable.