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2 Francs
| Issuer | Canton of Bern |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse description | A fully armored Bernese knight stands facing, depicted in 16th-century mercenary costume with plumed hat, breastplate bearing a cross motif, puffed sleeves, and slashed breeches, holding a halberd in his right hand with his left hand resting on his hip. The figure stands on a raised ground line, below which the date 1835 appears in the exergue. The circular legend DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT arcs around the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals, separated from the field by a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Bern struck its own silver coinage under cantonal authority until the Federal Coinage Act of 1850 unified Swiss currency and abolished the chaotic patchwork of cantonal issues. This 1835 piece belongs to the final decade of that independent monetary tradition — within fifteen years, the dies would be retired permanently and authority transferred to the new federal mint.
KM#198 is among the more obtainable of Bern's cantonal silver issues, though survivors in problem-free surfaces are considerably less common than raw populations suggest.