Hungary 15 Kreuzers - Leopold I, 1674 – 1696

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Hungary Hungary
Currency Thaler (1526 – 1754)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 15 Kreuzers
Year 1674 – 1696
Ruler Leopold I (1657–1705)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Weight (g) 5.7
Diameter (mm) 30
Demonetized Yes

Description

15 Kreuzers from Hungary. Issued from 1674 to 1696. Struck in Silver. Measures 30 mm and weighs 5.7 g.

Obverse
Leopold looking right, younger portrait, curly wig with laurent; denomination (XV)below in circle (Leopoldus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex -
Leopold, by the grace of God Emperor of the Romans, Always August, King of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia.)
Reverse
Seated radiant Madonna with child in a mandorla. Lettering in pearlring, below small Hungarian shield in the middle, castle on a shield next to it on the right, crescent on a shield next to it to the left. (Protector of Hungary)
Edge
Smooth

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vf Comment Frequency
1696 C-H EH1068b (no castle, no crescent, C-H mintmark) Pressburg mint 38%
1696 C-H EH1068c (C and S on shields instead of castle and crescent) 6%
1695 C-H EH1068b (no castle, no crescent, C-H mintmark) Pressburg mint
1676  EH1068a (castle and crescent, but no mint mark) 19%
1675  € 67,00 EH-1068a (castle and crescent, but no mint mark) 31%
1674  EH1068a (castle and crescent, but no mint mark) 38%

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