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1/2 Dicken Saint Maurice, date on obverse
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1620-1622 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1550-1656) |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust of Saint Maurice, nimbate, clad in a visored helmet and full plate armour bearing a large cross on the breastplate. The saint holds an upright sword in his right hand. The figure is rendered in a formal, heraldic style typical of early 17th-century Swiss municipal coinage. The circular Latin legend naming the patron saint of Lucerne runs along the outer border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lucerne's half dicken issues of this period were struck during the fractious years of the Thirty Years' War, when Swiss cantons faced constant pressure to supply mercenaries and maintain hard currency reserves against a flood of debased foreign coin crossing the border. The city's output of smaller silver denominations in 1620–22 reflects deliberate monetary policy: keep fractional silver circulating domestically while larger trade pieces drained outward.
Wielandt's reference for this type notes a date appearing on the obverse — unusual placement for the series — which has led to minor cataloguing disagreements between Wielandt and Haas regarding die attribution across the three-year window.