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1 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Canton of Zürich |
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| Year | 1842 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the diagonal stripe and foliate device of the Zürich cantonal arms, flanked by laurel and oak branches forming a partial wreath at the base. The curved legend CANTON ZÜRICH arcs around the upper periphery, with the mintmaster initial D appearing in the lower exergue beneath the shield. The coin is struck within a finely beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1842 Zürich Kreuzer was struck in the final years before Swiss monetary unification made cantonal coinage obsolete. The Federal Coinage Act of 1850 abolished the patchwork of cantonal currencies and introduced the Swiss franc as the sole legal tender, rendering issues like this one effectively dead within a decade of striking. Zürich's billon pieces from this period circulated heavily in small transactions — bread, tolls, minor market goods — which explains why worn survivors vastly outnumber problem-free examples.