2 Rappen - with rhombus

Schwyz was one of the last Swiss cantons to surrender its minting rights under the Federal Coinage Act of 1850, and this small billon piece circulated through a period when the canton's coins competed — poorly — against a flood of foreign small change crossing the border from Bavaria and Austria. The rhombus privy mark distinguishes the issue from earlier Schwyz rapfen and ties production to a specific contractor arrangement, though the exact mint is not conclusively documented in the major references.