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Schilling
| Issuer | City of Zürich |
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| Year | 1725 |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Reverse description | A boldly rendered double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with both heads turned outward and elaborately detailed plumage, occupying the full field within an inner beaded circle. The eagle's wings are spread wide with fine feather engraving, and the body features foliate ornamentation at the breast. The surrounding Latin legend identifies the issuing authority of the Republic of Zürich and is contained within the beaded border of the coin's rim. |
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| Mintage | 1725 |
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Zürich's billon schilling issues of the early eighteenth century were produced by a city-state still operating its own independent monetary system decades before any Swiss federal coinage framework existed. The 1725 date places this piece in a period of relative municipal stability, though the billon alloy itself reflects chronic silver shortages that pushed Swiss civic mints toward debased small denomination coinage throughout the century.
The KM#Pn9 attribution warrants attention — pattern designations for Swiss cantonal issues of this period are inconsistently applied across references, and the alignment with Hürlimann #1071 and Wunderly #713 should be cross-checked before treating the pattern status as definitive.