2 Kreuzers / 1/2 Batzen

Schaffhausen's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike its own coinage, a privilege it exercised aggressively through the sixteenth century. The Batzen denomination itself was a Swiss innovation — first struck at Bern around 1492 — and quickly adopted across the Confederation as a practical replacement for the fragmented regional pfennig economy. Schaffhausen's 2 Kreuzer equating to a half Batzen reflects the ongoing negotiation between Swiss and south German monetary conventions that characterized the period.