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5 Kreuzer - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1765 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Reverse description | Crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the field, with the arms of Tyrol on a shield upon its breast, the whole set atop a decorative pedestal bearing the denomination numeral 5. The date 1765 and mint mark X appear integrated into the encircling Latin legend. The reverse legend reads ARCHID·AUST·DUX·BURG·CO·TYR, referencing Maria Theresia's titles as Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, and Countess of Tyrol. The heraldic eagle is rendered with spread wings in the traditional Habsburg imperial style. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCHID·AUST·DUX·BURG·CO·TYR·1765X 5 |
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1765 was the year Franz I died, leaving Maria Theresia to rule alone as regent while her son Joseph II nominally assumed the title of Holy Roman Emperor. The coinage reforms that followed her husband's death pushed toward standardization across the Habsburg lands, and the small billon denominations bore much of the transitional friction — alloy compositions shifted repeatedly through the decade as the Vienna mint balanced silver content against the chronic fiscal pressure of post-Seven Years' War debt.
Billon pieces of this type circulated hard in the Alpine provinces and Bohemia, and worn examples are the rule rather than the exception.