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1 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Canton of Solothurn |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Value | 1 Kreuzer (0.025) |
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| Reverse description | Denomination numeral '1' above the legend KREUZER, with the date 1813 below, all enclosed within a closed wreath of laurel or oak branches tied at the base with a bow. The design is neatly centered in the field with no additional ornamentation beyond the wreath border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Solothurn's small billon issues of the early nineteenth century belong to the last gasp of cantonal coinage before the Federal Coinage Act of 1850 standardized Swiss currency and stripped the cantons of their minting rights entirely. By 1813, Solothurn had been a canton of the Helvetic Republic, then a French satellite, then restored to sovereignty — the political whiplash of the Napoleonic period left cantonal finances perpetually strained, which shows in the debased billon alloy typical of these fractional pieces.