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1 Batzen
| Issuer | Canton of Bern |
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| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bern struck billon coinage through the 1820s under its own cantonal authority, a practice that became increasingly untenable as Switzerland moved toward monetary unification. The 1826 issue predates the Federal Coinage Act of 1850 by nearly a quarter century, during which time Swiss cantons issued mutually incompatible denominations that merchants and travelers were forced to reconcile by hand.
KM#194 is not a scarce type, but survivors in crisp condition are harder to locate than mintage logic would suggest — billon's low silver content made these coins candidates for remelting once federal standards replaced them.