Guldiner

The 1513 Guldiner of the Forest Cantons — Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden — was struck in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Novara, where Swiss mercenary forces routed the French and restored the Sforza to Milan. The monetary union behind this coin was a direct political expression of that collective military power, three cantons asserting shared economic identity at a moment of peak Swiss influence over northern Italian affairs.

Guldiners of this issue are genuinely rare survivors. The Dav EC I#8760 attribution places it firmly in the early large silver series, predating the standardization that would later define Swiss cantonal coinage.