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1/2 Guldiner
| Issuer | City of Bern |
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| Year | 1540 |
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| Value | 1/2 Guldiner |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | + NVM ⁑ BERNAE HELVET ⁑ CVSVS ⁑ 1540 (Translation: Latin (unabridged): Numus Bernaensis Helvetia cusus English: Coin minted in Bern, Switzerland) |
| Reverse description | A single-headed imperial eagle occupies the central field, surrounded by two concentric circles of heraldic escutcheons displaying the coats of arms of Bernese subject territories. The inner ring comprises twelve shields identifying the lordships of Aarwangen, Erlach, Signau, Zofingen, Castelen, Grandson, Orbe, Schwarzenburg, Landshut, Aigle, Trachselwald, and Huttwil. The outer ring bears twenty shields representing the towns and districts of Zofingen, Aarau, Brugg, Lenzburg, Büren, Nidau, Aarberg, Bipp, Wangen, Aarburg, Unterseen, Interlaken, Aeschi, Frutigen, Weissenburg, Obersimmental, Oberhasli, Laupen, Burgdorf, and Thun. This elaborate armorial composition serves as a comprehensive cartographic proclamation of Bernese territorial authority, executed in the refined heraldic engraving style typical of mid-sixteenth-century Swiss civic coinage. |
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