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Schilling
| Issuer | City of Fribourg |
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| Year | 1501-1515 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A floriated cross with foliate arms terminating in trefoil or leaf-like endings, centrally positioned within a beaded inner circle. The cross divides the field into four quarters, each filled with decorative floral sprays. The surrounding legend +SANCTVS+NICOLAVS, invoking the city's patron saint Nicholas, runs in Gothic uncial script around the outer margin. |
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Fribourg's early sixteenth-century schillings were struck during a period when the city was consolidating its position within the nascent Swiss Confederacy, having joined in 1481 following the Diet of Stans. The city operated its own mint with considerable autonomy, and these issues reflect the competitive local monetary environment of the period — neighboring Bern and Fribourg frequently clashed over circulation rights in shared territories.
The HMZ 1#2-245 reference places this within a tightly catalogued sequence, though die varieties within the 1501–1515 range remain imperfectly documented.