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1 Rappen
| Issuer | Canton of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Currency | Frank (1798-1850) |
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| Obverse description | Centrally positioned pointed shield bearing the arms of Lucerne, divided vertically with horizontal lines on the dexter half, set against a plain field. The shield is flanked and supported at its base by two oak branches with acorns, arranged symmetrically. The circular legend CANTON LUZERN runs along the periphery of the coin in bold raised letters. |
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| Obverse lettering | CANTON LUZERN |
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Lucerne struck cantonal copper in 1839 under a system already in its death throes. The Federal Coinage Act of 1850 would abolish cantonal monetary authority entirely, consolidating Switzerland under a single federal currency — making issues like this among the last produced by Lucerne's own mint authority. The 1839 date places this piece in the final decade of that independence.