Dicken LV in fields, ornate shield, Leodegar facing right

Lucerne's civic coinage of this period occupied a peculiar political space: the city was a full confederate member after 1332 yet continued striking under its own authority well into the sixteenth century, asserting municipal independence even as the Swiss cantons increasingly coordinated economic policy. The Dicken denomination itself was a product of the broader push across the Confederation to match the large silver coins flooding in from the Habsburgs and the Tirolian mines.

The reference gap at HMZ 2 suggests this variety fell through the cracks of the major cataloguing efforts — Haas remains the more reliable authority for Lucerne civic issues of this run.