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Kreuzer - Leopold I
| Issuer | Hagenau, City of |
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| Year | 1664-1671 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#50, E&L#91 |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA . HAGENO . 1670 (Translation: Coinage of Haguenau.) |
| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, with wings spread, each head facing outward. An imperial orb on the eagle's breast contains the numeral '1', denoting the denomination of one Kreuzer. The circular legend naming Emperor Leopold I runs around the periphery, consistent with Holy Roman Empire coinage conventions of the period. |
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Hagenau's municipal coinage authority was effectively a political anachronism by the 1660s — the city had been under French administration since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, yet continued striking coins in the name of the Habsburg emperor Leopold I. This jurisdictional ambiguity persisted until Louis XIV's reunification campaigns of the early 1680s formally extinguished whatever remained of Alsatian civic independence.
At 0.55 grams, these kreuzer were struck at the absolute lower edge of practical silver coinage, making consistent die alignment difficult. The E&L#91 reference documents the type as part of Engel and Lehr's exhaustive survey of Alsatian municipal issues — a series that is chronically underrepresented in major auction records.