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1 Rappen
| Issuer | Canton of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Value | 1 Rappen (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the heraldic shield of Canton Lucerne, divided diagonally with horizontal lines representing the traditional blue and silver tinctures. The shield is flanked at its base by two small symmetrical olive or laurel boughs, lending a decorative civic character to the design. The circumferential legend CANTON LUZERN arcs around the upper and lateral periphery of the coin in bold raised Latin lettering, with a milled border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse lettering | CANTON LUZERN |
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Lucerne struck cantonal copper in the late 1830s under a monetary system that was genuinely chaotic — pre-federal Switzerland operated with over 800 distinct coin types across its cantons, a situation that made cross-border commerce a recurring headache and ultimately forced the monetary unification of 1850. This particular issue predates that consolidation by just over a decade, placing it in the last sustained period of independent cantonal coinage before the Swiss franc absorbed everything.
The KM#118 variety designation signals a die or detail variant within the type — worth cross-referencing against HMZ 1#2-675g, which remains the authoritative attribution for this series.