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30 Kreuzers / 1/2 Gulden
| Issuer | City of St. Gallen |
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| Year | 1738 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1714-1798) |
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| Obverse description | The heraldic rampant bear of St. Gallen, collared and facing left with foreclaws raised, rendered in fine relief at the center of the field, enclosed within a plain inner circle. A small crowned shield bearing a decorative device appears at the base of the inner circle. The circumferential Latin legend reads MONETA : NOVA : ST : GALLENSIS, separated by pellets, running between the inner circle and a beaded outer border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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St. Gallen occupied an awkward political position in the 18th century — a free imperial city technically subordinate to the Holy Roman Empire, yet perpetually in tension with the surrounding Abbey of St. Gallen, whose abbot held rival territorial authority over much of the same region. The city's independent coinage was one of the more pointed assertions of that autonomy. By 1738, the 30 Kreuzer denomination was already falling out of favor across the Swiss and South German monetary zones, making late issues like this one shorter-lived in circulation than earlier strikes of the same type.
HMZ 2-904 identifies only a handful of die marriages for this year.