2 Pfennigs

Appenzell Innerrhoden was one of the last Swiss cantons still striking its own billon small change well into the eighteenth century, a persistence rooted less in economic necessity than in the canton's fierce jealousy of its autonomy — the half-canton had separated from Ausserrhoden in 1597 over the Reformation and spent the following century and a half asserting independence through every available institution, including its mint. The HMZ reference places this among a tightly grouped series of minor issues, with variety distinctions tracked to specific die combinations.