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1 Batzen / 10 Rappen
| Issuer | Canton of Solothurn |
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| Year | 1805 |
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| Currency | Frank (1805-1850) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Solothurn's 1805 Billon issue came at an awkward transitional moment — the Helvetic Republic had collapsed in 1803, and the Act of Mediation restored cantonal sovereignty, leaving each canton scrambling to re-establish its own monetary identity before Switzerland eventually unified its coinage system decades later. The dual denomination — Batzen and Rappen simultaneously — reflects the messy overlap of the old Batzen system with the decimal Rappen introduced under Helvetic influence.