Maria Theresia was still fighting for her throne when these were struck. The War of the Austrian Succession had forced radical fiscal measures across Habsburg mints, and Graz — operating under the Styrian provincial administration — ran production across both years as emergency financing demands fluctuated with the campaign seasons. The Graz mint's output for this denomination is notably thin compared to Vienna's, reflecting both its secondary role in the imperial minting hierarchy and the chronic silver supply disruptions caused by Prussian incursions into Silesia, which had stripped the Habsburgs of their most productive mining territories the previous year.
Maria Theresia was still fighting for her throne when these were struck. The War of the Austrian Succession had forced radical fiscal measures across Habsburg mints, and Graz — operating under the Styrian provincial administration — ran production across both years as emergency financing demands fluctuated with the campaign seasons. The Graz mint's output for this denomination is notably thin compared to Vienna's, reflecting both its secondary role in the imperial minting hierarchy and the chronic silver supply disruptions caused by Prussian incursions into Silesia, which had stripped the Habsburgs of their most productive mining territories the previous year.