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Bluzger - Joseph Benedict
| Issuer | Bishopric of Chur |
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| Year | 1739-1740 |
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| Value | 1 Bluzger (1⁄105) |
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| Reverse description | A cross pattée with anchor-shaped terminals at each arm occupies the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The date is split to either side of the upper arm of the cross within the legend space. The circumferential Latin legend DOMINI·EST·REGNUM ('The kingdom is the Lord's') runs around the full periphery, separated from the central device by the beaded border. The spare, symmetrical composition is typical of small billon ecclesiastical issues of the Swiss Confederation in the eighteenth century. |
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| Mintage | 1739 - HMZ: 2-470a - 1739 - HMZ: 2-470b - 1739 - HMZ: 2-470c - 1740 - HMZ: 2-470d - |
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The Bluzger was a small billon denomination struck by Swiss ecclesiastical authorities long after such issues had become economically marginal — surviving largely through regional custom and the practical need for very low-value exchange in mountain communities. Joseph Benedict von Rost held the see of Chur only from 1739 to 1740, making his coinage among the shortest-lived episcopal issues in the bishopric's long minting history. His death in office cut production before significant quantities accumulated.
Chur, as the oldest diocese in Switzerland, retained minting rights well into the eighteenth century despite repeated pressures from secular Graubünden authorities to consolidate monetary production.