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Batzen - Franz Joseph Supersaxo
| Issuer | Bishopric of Sion |
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| Year | 1708-1722 |
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| Value | 1 Batzen (1⁄28) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the quartered arms of the Republic of Valais — a shield divided per pale, the dexter side bearing a displayed eagle and the sinister bearing thirteen stars arranged in rows representing the seven districts (Zenden) of the canton — surmounted by an eagle displayed as crest. The date 1722 is divided across the field flanking the shield. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design within a dentilated border. |
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Franz Joseph Supersaxo governed the Bishopric of Sion through one of the more fractious periods in Valais ecclesiastical politics, his tenure marked by persistent tension between the bishop's temporal authority and the seven dizains — the semi-autonomous administrative districts that effectively ran the canton. The batzen was the workhorse denomination of everyday commerce in the region, and billon issues of this type circulated well into Swiss lowland markets despite their provincial origin. HMZ attribution places this firmly within a well-documented Sion sequence, though die alignment inconsistencies across the 1708–1722 run are noted by specialists.