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7 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia Vienna
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy |
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| Year | 1768-1778 |
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| Weight | 3.2 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the centre of the field, each head surmounted by a separate crown and both heads together beneath a single larger imperial crown bearing a cross. The eagle's breast is charged with an escutcheon displaying the horizontal bars of the Arms of Austria. The denomination numeral VII appears in an ornate cartouche at the base of the eagle, flanked by the mint letters C and K. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads ARCHID AUST DUX / BURG CO TYR followed by the date, recording the Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, and Countess of Tyrol titles. |
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The 7 Kreuzer denomination was a direct consequence of the monetary reforms Maria Theresia pushed through in the late 1740s and 1750s, attempts to rationalize a chaotic multi-denominational coinage that had plagued the Habsburg lands for decades. Seven was an awkward fraction in most accounting systems, and the denomination was never popular with merchants — it survived primarily because it filled a specific gap in small silver transactions within the Vienna market.
Billon coinage from this period is frequently found with uneven surfaces from the rolling mills at the Vienna Münzamt, where strip quality control was inconsistent through much of the 1770s.