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Schilling
| Issuer | Uri and Nidwalden, Monetary Union of |
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| Year | 1600-1605 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse lettering | ?VRANI · VNDERVALDE : |
| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of the mitred Saint Martin, patron saint, standing facing in ornate ecclesiastical vestments, holding a sword in one hand and a crosier in the other. The saint is depicted in a hieratic, stylized manner within a beaded border, with the abbreviated legend distributed around the field in Gothic-influenced lettering. |
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The monetary union between Uri and Nidwalden was a pragmatic arrangement among two of the smaller Forest Cantons, pooling minting authority to produce coinage neither could efficiently issue alone. Joint cantonal issues of this type are scarce in the Swiss series precisely because such unions were short-lived — political friction and differing economic interests typically dissolved them within a generation. This piece falls within the five-year window the union was active.