10 Kreuzers - Sigismund von Schrattenbach

This 10 Kreuzer coin was struck in 1765 under the authority of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, who served as the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1753 until 1771. During this period, the Archbishopric functioned as a sovereign ecclesiastical state within the Holy Roman Empire, maintaining its own minting facilities to facilitate local trade and demonstrate the Archbishop's temporal power through currency.

The design of the coin reflects the traditional heraldic iconography favored by the Salzburg prelates, typically featuring the Archbishop’s coat of arms on the obverse and religious or regional symbols on the reverse. These issues were intended for circulation within the Archbishopric’s territories, serving as a functional medium of exchange during the mid-18th century while also reinforcing the political and spiritual identity of the state under Schrattenbach's administration.