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2 Rappen - wreath ↺
| Issuer | Canton of Schwyz |
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| Year | 1811-1842 |
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| Currency | Frank (1810-1846) |
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| Obverse lettering | CANTON SCHWYZ |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 RAPPEN |
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Schwyz was one of the last Swiss cantons to surrender its minting rights, continuing to issue cantonal coinage well into the 1840s even as political pressure mounted for a unified federal currency. The 1848 federal constitution finally ended cantonal monetary autonomy, but issues like this one were still circulating — and being struck — right up to that transition.
Billon was the practical choice for low-denomination cantonal issues: silver content low enough to keep production economical, high enough to resist the most aggressive counterfeiting of the period.