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3 Kreuzer
| Issuer | City of St. Gallen |
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| Year | 1714-1739 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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St. Gallen occupied an unusual position in the Swiss Confederation — a free imperial city whose mint rights operated in uneasy proximity to the powerful Benedictine abbey of the same name, a separate political entity with its own coinage. The city's billon issues of this period reflect chronic small-change shortages common to landlocked Swiss towns dependent on transit trade through the Rhine corridor, where fractional coins from a dozen different issuers circulated interchangeably and were routinely accepted well below face value.
The 25-year production span across this type suggests continuous recutting of dies rather than a single extended emission — not unusual for minor Swiss city mints operating on limited budgets.