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5 Kreutzers - Beda Angehrn
| Issuer | Abbey of Saint Gall |
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| Year | 1774-1775 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Abbey of Saint Gall operated as an independent prince-abbacy within the Holy Roman Empire, with abbots holding the rank of imperial princes and exercising full temporal authority over their territories. Beda Angehrn, who held the abbacy from 1767 until the suppression of the abbey's secular power in 1805, issued this coin during a period of active monetary management — the two-year window of 1774–1775 suggests a defined, limited production run rather than ongoing circulation coinage.
Billon at this weight and module was the workhorse denomination for small daily transactions in the Swiss ecclesiastical states, where the abbey's monetary rights were jealously guarded against encroachment by neighboring Zurich and the canton of Saint Gall.