Swiss Cantons, City of St. Gallen, AR 15 Kreuzer

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of St. Gallen
• Date: 1731 CE
• Denomination: AR (silver) 15 Kreuzer
• Size: 27.5mm, 4.67g
• Obverse: MON : NOVA : ST : GALLENSIS - Rampant bear facing left within circle.
• Reverse: SOLI DEO GLORIA - Legend and date within cartouche. Value within circle below.
• 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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