Rappen Silver trial strike

正面描述	The Lucerne cantonal arms displayed on an ornate oval shield of baroque character, flanked symmetrically by intertwined palm and laurel branches. A decorative shell ornament surmounts the shield at the apex, while a bee is positioned at the base in the lower field. The composition is rendered in high relief with pronounced baroque styling typical of late 18th-century Swiss municipal coinage. The field surrounding the shield is plain, and the overall design conveys civic heraldic dignity.
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正面铭文	B
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附加信息	Lucerne retained the right to strike its own cantonal coinage well into the late eighteenth century, and these trial pieces in silver represent the testing of dies intended for base-metal circulation issues — a standard practice when new punches were cut and the engraver or mint master needed to verify sharpness before committing to a full production run in the intended alloy. The date range spanning over a decade suggests the dies saw intermittent use or were periodically re-examined. The density of reference numbers assigned to this piece — six distinct catalog systems — reflects how intensively Swiss cantonal coinage has been studied relative to its small surviving populations.

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