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1/2 Batzen
| Issuer | Canton of Schaffhausen |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Value | 1/2 Batzen (0.05) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 1/2 BATZEN and date 1809 displayed in three lines within an open wreath composed of oak and laurel branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow, all within a beaded border. The design is clean and typographically precise, typical of early nineteenth-century Swiss cantonal coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Schaffhausen's coinage rights were already under pressure by 1809, with the Helvetic Republic's centralizing experiments of the previous decade having failed and the Mediation period leaving cantonal monetary authority in an ambiguous state. This piece was struck in the narrow window before Swiss federal coinage consolidation made such local issues politically untenable. Billon of this period varies considerably in silver fineness between cantons, and Schaffhausen's issues are no exception — HMZ records show compositional inconsistency across the 2-776 series.