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1 Groschen
| Issuer | Canton of Schwyz |
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| Year | 1791 |
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| Weight | 1.57 g |
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| Obverse description | Central oval shield of Schwyz — displaying a plain cross — set upon a draped mantle and flanked by a laurel and palm garland tied at the base. The shield is surmounted by a small decorative element at its apex. The circular legend reads MONETA REIP. SUTENSIS around the periphery, referencing the republic of Schwyz. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Schwyz was one of the three founding cantons of the Swiss Confederacy, and by the late eighteenth century its small billon issues circulated alongside a chaotic mix of cantonal, foreign, and ecclesiastical coinage that made everyday commerce genuinely difficult. The 1791 groschen was struck just two years before French Revolutionary forces began destabilizing the Confederation, culminating in the Helvetic Republic's imposition in 1798 — after which cantonal coinage authority was suppressed entirely. Surviving Schwyz issues from this final pre-Helvetic decade are accordingly scarce; production was small and the political disruption that followed left little incentive to preserve low-denomination billon.