Includes glass top leatherette display box.
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Origin: Swiss Cantons
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Authority: Bishopric of Lausanne (Vaud)
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Date: 1440 - 1461 CE
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Denomination: BI (billon, debased silver) 1 Tresel
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Size: 20mm, 1.17g
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Obverse: G: D: SALVCIIS EP LAVS - Madonna holding child.
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Reverse: +SIT NOME DNI BENEDTV - Floriated cross within circle.
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Notes: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swiss cantons formed a loose confederation known as the Old Swiss Confederacy, rather than a unified nation. Each canton governed itself independently, with significant differences in religion—some were Catholic while others followed Protestantism after the Reformation. Despite internal tensions and occasional conflicts, the cantons maintained a degree of cooperation for mutual defense and economic stability until the confederation was transformed by the French invasion of Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.
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