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Goldgulden
| Issuer | City of Bern |
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| Year | 1594 |
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| Diameter | 22.76 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1594 - 1594/66 |
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Bern's goldgulden issues of the late sixteenth century reflect the city-state's growing financial autonomy within the Swiss Confederation, a period during which Bern aggressively expanded its territorial control over the Vaud. The right to strike gold coinage was jealously guarded — and frequently disputed — among the Confederate cantons, making municipal gold issues from this period administratively significant beyond their face value.
The HMZ 2#169 reference places this piece within a well-documented but genuinely scarce series.