Haller

The Bern haller of this period derives its name from Hall in Swabia, where the small silver fraction originated before spreading across the German-speaking lands as a common petty denomination. Bern's municipal mint was producing these pieces under civic authority well before the canton's later monetary consolidation, and the extreme low weight meant bullion losses from clipping were economically negligible — which partly explains their survival in civic circulation far longer than heavier fractions.