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20 Kreuzer
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1713-1725 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Lucerne — a vertically divided field — surmounted by a crowned helmet with ornamental mantling, flanked on either side by elaborate acanthus leaf sprays. The circumferential legend reads LVCERNENSIS MONETA, separated by a small floral ornament at the top, with a secondary legend segment NOVA and TRIVIR arranged in the lower field. A toothed border runs along the coin's rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | * 1713 * DOMINVS * SPES * POPVLI * SVI * |
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Lucerne struck these kreuzers during a period when the Swiss Confederation's member cantons routinely issued their own coinage in defiance of any centralizing monetary pressure — a decentralization that persisted well into the nineteenth century. The city's mint output across this window was modest, and pieces circulated hard through the hands of a population whose economy ran heavily on mercenary service payments and agricultural trade.
The Wielandt reference remains the standard for Lucerne cantonal coinage; the cross-reference to KM#44 reflects later cataloging that consolidated what Wielandt had documented in finer die-variation detail.