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1 Rappen
| Issuer | Canton of Schwyz |
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| Year | 1675 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface strike: the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the indented Schwyz shield in intaglio relief as a direct result of the single-die hammering technique used in production. |
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| Mintage | 1675: ND (1675) |
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Schwyz was among the founding cantons of the Swiss Confederation, but its cantonal coinage remained sparse and irregular well into the seventeenth century. This billon rappen dates to a period when Swiss monetary circulation was a chaotic patchwork of cantonal, episcopal, and foreign issues, with no federal standardization — that would not arrive for nearly two centuries. The extreme lightness of this piece reflects the near-total debasement of small billon coinage across the region by the 1670s, when silver content in such denominations had effectively become nominal.