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30 Kreuzers - Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1759-1765 |
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| Value | 30 Kreuzer (Krajczár) (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | A smaller, youthful effigy of Maria Theresa faces right, contained within a beaded square frame at center, with the numeral '30' divided by a horizontal line beneath the bust. The abbreviated royal legend is arranged in four segments flanking the sides of the square frame, rendering her full imperial and regal titles. The overall design reflects the restrained neoclassical engraving style characteristic of mid-18th century Habsburg coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | PATRONA REGNI. HUNGAR. 1756 X K B (Translation: Protector of the Kingdom of Hungary) |
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Hungary's 30 kreuzer denomination had a complicated political logic behind it: the Habsburg court needed a coin that could circulate credibly across the polyglot kingdom while still feeding silver into a monetary system perpetually strained by the Seven Years' War, which ran almost exactly concurrent with this issue's production dates. Maria Theresa's Hungarian coinage was struck under the authority of the Diet of Pressburg, which had dramatically reaffirmed her rule in 1741 — the famous scene of Hungarian nobles pledging their "lives and blood" was barely two decades old when these pieces entered circulation.
H#1694 and H#1695 represent distinct varieties within this type, differentiated by mintmark and die details traceable to the Kremnitz mint.