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3 Kreutzers Shield on trefoil
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1589-1606 |
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| Weight | 1.52 g |
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| Obverse description | The quartered shield bearing the arms of Lucerne — divided vertically into sinister blue and dexter silver fields — is centrally placed within a raised trefoil border formed by a double-outline trilobed frame combined with a triangular cartouche. The left field of the shield features a vegetal or foliate ornamental motif, while the right field remains plain. A symbolic dove appears incorporated within the trefoil surround. The peripheral legend, separated by decorative stops, runs along the coin's outer margin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Lucerne's independent minting authority during this period was perpetually contested — the city held imperial coinage rights but faced repeated pressure from the Swiss Confederation over denominations and fineness standards. The 3 Kreutzer struck across this seventeen-year span bridges the late Kipper und Wipper era, just before the currency debasement crises of 1619–1623 made small silver fractions politically explosive across the German-speaking lands. That Wielandt catalogues it without a KM or Haas cross-reference reflects how thoroughly Swiss cantonal coinage of this scale was ignored by the major 20th-century cataloguing projects.