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6 Kreuzers - Leopold I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary (Habsburg Monarchy) |
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| Year | 1680-1684 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Standing frontal figure of the Virgin Mary as Patrona Hungariae, haloed and crowned, holding the Christ Child on her left arm and a sceptre in her right hand, the folds of her mantle rendered in fine detail. Beneath her feet is the Hungarian arms shield displaying the Árpád stripes and the patriarchal double cross. The mint mark B appears to the right of the central figure. The circular legend S · IMMACVLATA · V · MAR · MAT · DEI · PAT · H · with the date 1681 surrounds the composition, enclosed between beaded borders. |
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Leopold I's six kreuzer issues of this period were struck against the backdrop of Ottoman military pressure on Hungary — Budapest itself remained under Ottoman control until 1686, meaning these coins circulated in a kingdom that existed, for practical purposes, only in its western and northern fringe territories. The Habsburg mints at Körmöcbánya (Kremnica) bore an extraordinary burden supplying coinage to a truncated realm.
The ÉH#1078 attribution places this firmly within Unger's Hungarian corpus, a reference that collectors of Habsburg Hungary still treat as authoritative despite its age.