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| Issuer | Canton of Solothurn |
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| Year | 1762 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA REIP. SOLODORENSIS |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Solothurn occupied an unusual position among the Swiss cantons — a staunchly Catholic enclave that maintained close ties with France, hosting the French ambassador (the so-called "French ambassador's canton") for nearly two centuries. Cantonal coinage in this period was less about economic necessity than about asserting jurisdictional identity, particularly as the Confederation's monetary fragmentation made small-denomination silver an intensely local matter. The HMZ 1#2-847b designation places this among a tightly catalogued sequence of Solothurn kreuzer issues where die variants are well documented but rarely discussed in general references.