20 Kreuzer

Obwalden was among the smallest of the Swiss forest cantons, and its independent coinage output was always limited. The 1742 issue exists within a broader Swiss cantonal silver tradition that was already under pressure from the dominance of Bernese and other larger-canton currencies in everyday trade. Few Swiss cantons of Obwalden's size maintained active minting programs into the mid-eighteenth century, which makes any dateable Obwalden silver scarce by default rather than by accident.

The HMZ 1#2-735s attribution places this among the better-documented specimens of the type.