The League of God's House (Gotteshausbund) was one of three leagues that would eventually merge to form the Graubünden canton, but in the mid-sixteenth century it still operated sufficient autonomy to strike its own coinage. These small billon kreuzers were produced at a moment when the league's monetary authority was already under pressure from competing issues circulating out of Chur and from the broader Graubünden alliance.
The HMZ reference 1#2-513 covers a span of three decades, suggesting production was intermittent rather than continuous — likely tied to specific periods of commercial need in the alpine trade routes the league controlled.
The League of God's House (Gotteshausbund) was one of three leagues that would eventually merge to form the Graubünden canton, but in the mid-sixteenth century it still operated sufficient autonomy to strike its own coinage. These small billon kreuzers were produced at a moment when the league's monetary authority was already under pressure from competing issues circulating out of Chur and from the broader Graubünden alliance.
The HMZ reference 1#2-513 covers a span of three decades, suggesting production was intermittent rather than continuous — likely tied to specific periods of commercial need in the alpine trade routes the league controlled.