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10 Batzen
| Issuer | Canton of Vaud |
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| Year | 1823 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A full-length figure of William Tell, rendered in the neo-classical Swiss Confederation style, stands facing slightly left at centre, dressed in Renaissance-period attire including a plumed hat, doublet with slashed sleeves, and hose. He holds a halberd in his right hand and rests his left hand upon a large heraldic shield inscribed XXII CANT, symbolising the twenty-two cantons of the Swiss Confederation. The circular legend CONFEDERATION SUISSE runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10. BATZ is inscribed in the lower exergue. Fine milled denticles frame the entire design. |
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| Mintage | 1823 - - 6,198 |
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Vaud had only held cantonal sovereignty since 1803, when Napoleon's Act of Mediation formally separated it from Bernese overlordship after nearly two centuries of subjugation. The 1823 issue came just as Swiss cantons were reasserting monetary autonomy under the restored Federal Pact of 1815, before the Confederation centralized coinage in 1850 and rendered all cantonal silver obsolete.
The 10 Batzen denomination placed this coin at the upper end of everyday Vaudois commerce. Survivors in collectible grades are relatively scarce — the mintage was modest, and the piece circulated hard in a commercially active canton.