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20 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Canton of Obwalden |
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| Year | 1725-1742 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a displayed double-headed eagle with spread wings, each head facing outward, rendered in high relief with finely detailed feathering. The eagle bears a small shield on its breast. The circular legend * MONETA REIP. SVBSYLVANIÆ * SVPERIORIS runs around the periphery in Latin script, identifying the coin as currency of the Republic of Obwalden (Upper Woodland). The overall style is consistent with early 18th-century Swiss cantonal coinage, with the eagle occupying most of the coin's field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Obwalden was among the smallest and least prosperous of the Swiss forest cantons, and its independent coinage output was correspondingly limited. This 20 Kreuzer series ran for roughly seventeen years under cantonal authority before Swiss monetary fragmentation made such small-issuer silver increasingly impractical to sustain. HMZ records only a handful of die variations across the entire emission period.