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5 Kreuzer - Maria Theresia
| Issuer | Burgau, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1770-1775 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | M.THERESIA.D.G.R. IMP.HU.BO.REG |
| Reverse description | Crowned Imperial double-headed eagle displayed at centre, bearing on its breast a shield charged with the combined arms of Austria and Burgau. The eagle is set upon a decorative floral spray with two branches curving upward on either side, framing the denomination numeral '5' within an ornamental cartouche at the base. The circumferential Latin legend reads ARCHID·AUST·DUX·BURG·CO·TYR· followed by the date, enumerating Maria Theresia's titles as Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgau, and Countess of Tyrol. |
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Burgau was a small Habsburg margraviate wedged between Bavaria and the Swiss Confederation, and its coinage rights were exercised only fitfully. Maria Theresia's Münzpatent of 1750 had attempted to rationalize currency across Habsburg territories, but peripheral margraviates like Burgau continued issuing locally because regional trade demanded small denomination silver that Vienna's centralized mints were slow to supply. This five kreuzer filled that gap.
The Herinek references 1294–1298 indicate at least five distinct die varieties across the production run — not unusual for a billon issue struck over five years at a minor facility.