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6 Kreuzers - Franz I
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 1747-1751 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Franz I ruled as Holy Roman Emperor in name, but real fiscal authority in Vienna belonged to Maria Theresa, who inherited a treasury nearly bankrupted by the War of the Austrian Succession. The 6 Kreuzer issues of this period were part of her broader monetary reform push — billon fractions like this one were struck in quantity to address chronic small-change shortages that had plagued Bohemian and Austrian markets since the 1730s.
The .438 fineness places this well below the older Kreuzer standards, a deliberate debasement justified by wartime debt servicing rather than any reform principle.