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1/2 Batzen
| Issuer | Canton of Aargau |
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| Year | 1807 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the heraldic shield of Canton Aargau in heater form, featuring the distinctive wavy engrailed upper edge, with a laurel branch to the left and a palm branch to the right flanking the shield. Vegetal ornamental motifs appear above and below the shield, framing the design within the coin's field. The legend CANTON ARGAU is inscribed in Latin characters along the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | CANTON ARGAU |
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Aargau had only existed as a Swiss canton since 1803, when the Act of Mediation imposed by Napoleon reorganized the Helvetic Republic into a Confederation of cantons. This coin is among the earliest issues from that newly constituted authority, struck just four years after Aargau gained the right to mint its own coinage — a right it exercised only briefly before Swiss monetary consolidation eroded cantonal minting autonomy through the mid-nineteenth century.