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1/2 Dicken
| Issuer | City of Bern |
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| Year | 1501-1564 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dicken (1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Within a raised inner circle, a boldly struck imperial double-headed eagle displayed, with wings spread and both heads facing outward, rendered in the late medieval heraldic style. A floriated ornament or imperial orb device appears at the base of the eagle between the wings. The surrounding outer legend reads + BERCH · D · ZERI · CONDIT, separated by pellet stops, referencing the Burgundian imperial foundation legend of the city of Bern. |
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Bern's independent coinage authority during this period operated under a patchwork of cantonal monetary agreements that were routinely ignored in practice — the city struck to its own weight standards with little deference to the nominal Swiss confederate accords of the era. The half Dicken filled a specific transactional gap in local commerce, particularly in the cloth and grain markets that dominated Bernese economic life through the mid-sixteenth century.
The HMZ 2#173b designation covers a span of over six decades, meaning dies, weight tolerances, and silver fineness shifted across issues catalogued under the same reference number.