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5 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1763-1765 |
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| Value | 5 Kreuzer (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Nuremberg — a crowned lion passant on a diagonally divided field — displayed within a plain cartouche. The denomination 'V K.' appears above the shield in the field, while the date is divided across the lower portion of the field, flanking the shield base, reading '17 65'. Below the shield, the fineness and mint indicator legend '240 E.F.M.' appears, with the mintmaster's mark '(R)' at the bottom. The circular outer legend reads 'CONVENTIONS MÜNZ' around the upper field, all within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Nuremberg's billon 5 Kreuzer of 1763–65 falls squarely in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, during which the city had strained its finances backing the Habsburg cause. The postwar period forced a reckoning with debased subsidiary coinage across the Holy Roman Empire, and Nuremberg's issues from these years reflect that fiscal pressure directly — billon rather than silver, and struck in quantity to meet immediate transactional demand.
KM#337 is not a rare type, but examples with readable dates are surprisingly inconsistent, a known consequence of die fatigue at the city mint during this compressed production window.