2 Rappen - wide shield

Schwyz struck these small billon pieces during the final years before the Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848 dissolved cantonal monetary authority into a unified national system. The canton had long issued its own coinage under the Old Confederation, and the 1842–1846 series represents one of the last exercises of that independent prerogative. The "wide shield" designation distinguishes this variety from a narrower die used across the same period — a difference catalogued by Divo and confirmed through die study rather than obvious to casual inspection.