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Kreuzer
| Issuer | City of Solothurn |
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| Year | 1401-1500 |
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| Value | 1 Kreuzer (1⁄68) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the quartered shield of Solothurn — divided per pale with alternating stripes — set within a stylized trefoil or lobate frame. A bold pellet-bordered inner circle contains the shield, and the whole is surrounded by a circular Gothic legend in uncial characters. The design is characteristic of late medieval Swiss cantonal coinage, struck by the hammer technique with typical irregular flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONET SOLODOREN (Translation: Money of Solothurn) |
| Reverse description | A large plain cross divides the field into four quarters, with a Roman numeral X or a cross-over-X motif at the center within a beaded inner circle. The cross extends to the rim, and the surrounding legend in uncial characters references Saint Ursus, the patron saint of Solothurn. A beaded or rope-pattern border frames the legend, consistent with hammered Swiss cantonal kreuzer coinage of the 15th century. |
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