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1/2 Batzen - Henri II
| Issuer | Duchy of Neuchâtel |
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| Year | 1614-1649 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henri II de Longueville held Neuchâtel as a French-controlled principality throughout the Thirty Years' War, a period that severely disrupted coin production across the Swiss and Burgundian borderlands. Billon small change of this type circulated alongside a chaotic mixture of foreign issues — Bernese, Savoyard, and Imperial — as local mints struggled to assert any meaningful monetary authority over daily transactions.
The 35-year span of this type reflects interrupted rather than continuous production; Henri II spent extended periods in France managing his Duchy of Longueville affairs, leaving Neuchâtel administration — and mint supervision — largely to local officials.