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Batzen

Issuer City of Lucerne
Year 1638
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Value 1 Batzen = 1⁄18 Thaler
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Obverse description Central field dominated by the ornate crowned arms of Lucerne — a vertically divided shield bearing the characteristic blue and white diagonal stripes of the canton — rendered in a decorative Renaissance cartouche style with elaborate scrollwork flourishes at the sides. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, with the date 1638 prominently displayed in the lower exergual area beneath the arms. The surrounding legend reads MON ✦ NO ✦ LVCERNENSIS, separated by quatrefoil stops, running clockwise along the outer margin between the beaded border and a toothed rim characteristic of hammered coinage.
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Obverse lettering MON ✦ NO ✦ LVCERNENSIS 1638
(Translation: Moneta nova Lucernensis. New coin of Lucerne.)
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