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30 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Obwalden, Republic of |
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| Year | 1725-1726 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#10, HMZ 1#2-734A |
| Obverse description | Full-length figure of Blessed Nicholas of Flüe (Niklaus von Flüe) standing facing, robed in a long pilgrim's cloak, holding a rosary in his right hand and resting his left hand upon a decorative shield of the arms of Obwalden at lower left. A nimbus or halo appears above the saint's head. The circular Latin legend reads around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | AVS VON ELVE BEATVS NICOL |
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Obwalden was one of the smallest and most isolated of the Swiss forest cantons, and its independent coinage issues were sparse — gaps of decades between types were common. The 30 Kreuzer of 1725–26 falls in a period when many cantons were reasserting monetary independence in response to chronic shortages of small silver throughout the Confederation, a condition worsened by French trade disruptions following the War of the Spanish Succession.
HMZ 1#2-734A documents only a two-year window of production, suggesting a targeted, limited emission rather than a sustained monetary program.