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Dicken
| Issuer | City of Fribourg |
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| Year | 1530-1571 |
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| Value | 1 Dicken (3⁄7) |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust of Saint Nicholas of Myra, patron saint of Fribourg, depicted in episcopal vestments including a mitre and cope, occupying the central field within a beaded inner circle. The figure is rendered in the somewhat naïve but expressive hammered style typical of Swiss cantonal coinage of the period. The circumferential legend * SANCTVS * NICOLAVS: is interrupted by the date, here shown as 1556, with additional stops framing the inscription around the outer border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Fribourg's dicken issues of this period fall within the Swiss cantonal coinage tradition that emerged after the Burgundian Wars, when confederate cities gained effective monetary autonomy and began striking large silver pieces to compete with Rhenish and Savoyard issues flooding local markets. The city's mint operated intermittently, and output across this four-decade span was modest — survival rates reflect that thinness of production.
The HMZ 1#2-257 reference encompasses multiple die marriages, and individual pieces can vary noticeably in style depending on the engraver active at time of striking.