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1/2 Thaler
| Issuer | City of Zürich |
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| Year | 1723-1768 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A rampant lion passant guardant, facing left, supports the oval shield of Zürich — divided diagonally with horizontal lines — positioned to the left of center in the field. The lion brandishes a drawn sword over its right shoulder and rests its left forepaw on the shield. Below the shield, the fractional denomination '1/2' appears within a small cartouche. The circumferential Latin legend reads MONETA REIPUBLICÆ TIGURINAE, separated by a small six-pointed star at the top, all within a milled border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Zürich maintained its own coinage well into the eighteenth century despite persistent pressure from the Helvetic confederation toward monetary standardization. The city's half thaler series of this period was struck under the authority of the municipal mint, which jealously guarded its franchising rights against encroachment from both cantonal neighbors and imperial pretensions. Production spanned four and a half decades across multiple die pairs, and Wunderly's documentation identifies enough variation within the type to reward careful die study.