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5 Batzen
| Issuer | Canton of St. Gallen |
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| Year | 1810-1813 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 5 BAZEN K |
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St. Gallen had only recently been elevated from abbey-controlled territory to a full Swiss canton in 1803, and its early coinage program reflected an administration still establishing institutional footing. The 5 Batzen denomination placed it within the Helvetic fractional system that Swiss cantons were navigating before federal monetary consolidation arrived decades later. Production ran just three years — a window that accounts for the relative scarcity of circulating survivors.