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Gold strike of 1 Pfennig - Leopold I St Veit
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy (Austrian Dominions) |
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| Year | 1664 |
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| Composition | Gold (.986) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the quartered arms of Inner Austria — three lions passant in the first and fourth quarters, a plain field in the second and third — set within a lozenge-shaped frame formed by four lobed cartouche segments. The date is divided across the lozenge, with '6' at left and '4' at right, completing the year 1664. The entire composition is enclosed within a beaded border, typical of the finely executed small gold Pfennig coinage of the St. Veit Mint. The overall design reflects the heraldic precision characteristic of Leopold I's Inner Austrian gold issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | 16 64 |
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Gold strikes of base-denomination pfennigs were produced at the St. Veit mint as presentation pieces — cabinet coins intended for the imperial court rather than circulation. Leopold I issued them sporadically throughout his long reign, and surviving examples almost certainly passed directly from the mint into the hands of collectors or courtiers without ever changing hands commercially. St. Veit (Klagenfurt) was one of the older Habsburg minting operations in Carinthia, already winding down in significance by the 1660s relative to the Vienna and Graz establishments.