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1/4 Franc
| Issuer | Canton of Vaud |
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| Year | 1830 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the canton motto LIBERTE ET PATRIE in two lines within the escutcheon, surmounted by a laurel wreath and flanked on either side by leafy olive branches tied at the base. The circular legend CANTON DE VAUD runs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. Engraver's initials appear in small letters at the lower field beneath the shield. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Vaud had been striking its own cantonal coinage since gaining independence from Bern in 1803, but by 1830 the Federal Coinage Act was already narrowing the window for such issues. This piece sits at the tail end of that cantonal autonomy — within two decades, the 1850 Federal Coinage Act would consolidate Swiss monetary authority entirely, ending independent cantonal silver production.
The Pn2 designation in Krause flags this as a pattern rather than a confirmed circulation strike, which aligns with the single known reference in HMZ.