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Batzen 'Leopolder' - Maximilian I St Veit
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1517-1518 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Three heraldic shields arranged within a trilobed frame enclosed by a beaded inner circle. The uppermost shield bears the arms of Carinthia (Kärnten), while the two lower shields display the arms of Styria and Carniola respectively. A crown projects above the trilobed frame, bisecting the surrounding Latin legend along the upper arc. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Saint Leopold in armour, depicted frontally within a beaded inner circle, holding a processional flag in one hand and a model of a church in the other. Two heraldic shields in the lower field, bearing the arms of Lower Austria and Austria, divide the surrounding Latin legend. The date appears at the conclusion of the legend. |
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The "Leopolder" nickname derives from the leopard-like heraldic eagle associated with the Habsburg Austrian lands, distinguishing this Batzen issue from contemporaneous types struck in Tyrol and other Maximilian territories. St. Veit in Carinthia was one of the older imperial mints, already operating under Maximilian's monetary reforms of the 1490s, which attempted to rationalize the chaotic patchwork of denominations circulating across Habsburg domains. The Batzen itself — a four-kreuzer piece — was a South German and Swiss invention that Maximilian effectively absorbed into imperial coinage policy as part of that broader standardization effort.
The 1517–1518 window is tight: Maximilian died in January 1519, and mint activity at St. Veit wound down sharply in his final years.