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Batzen

Issuer Canton of Zug
Year 1623-1692
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering MON·NOVA TVGIENS ·1624·
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Reverse script Latin
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Zug was among the smallest and least economically powerful of the Swiss cantons, and its billon issues of this period reflect the chronic small-change shortage that plagued the Confederation throughout the seventeenth century. The long production span — nearly seven decades across a single KM number — suggests repeated restrikes from updated or recut dies rather than continuous minting, a common practice among minor Swiss authorities who lacked the infrastructure for regular coinage programs.

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