Swiss Cantons, City of Bern, AR ¼ Thaler

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Bern
• Date: 1759 CE
• Denomination: AR (silver) ¼ Thaler
• Size: 30mm, 7.96g
• Obverse: MONETA REIPUB·BERNENSIS·1759· (Moneta Reipublicae Bernensis) - Crowned, round arms of Bern within sprigs
• Reverse: DOMI NUS PROVI DEBIT - Crowned monogram in cruciform
• 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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