Swiss Cantons, City of Zürich, BI 1 Rappen

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Zürich
• Date: c. 1600s
• Denomination: BI (billon, debased silver) 1 Rappen
• Size: 15mm, 0.24g
• Obverse: Z - Arms in Spanish shield, crescents at sides
• Reverse: Mirror image of obverse.
• 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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