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Schilling
| Issuer | City of Lucerne |
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| Year | 1742-1743 |
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| Value | 1 Schilling (1⁄80) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the arms of Lucerne — a vertically divided shield with horizontal stripes on the dexter side and a plain sinister half — set within an ornate baroque cartouche with foliate and scroll decoration surmounted by a floral finial. The date, divided by small ornamental stops and the mintmaster's initials I T, appears in two parts at the lower left and lower right of the shield respectively, with the year 1742 inscribed along the bottom. A circular Latin legend reads MONETA LUCERNENSIS around the periphery, separated by a star stop, all within a plain inner border. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA LUCERNENSIS I T 17 42 (Translation: Coin of Lucerne.) |
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Lucerne's cantonal coinage of the early 1740s was produced under the authority of the city council at a moment when the Swiss Confederation's member states were still asserting independent monetary prerogatives against growing pressure toward inter-cantonal standardization. The billon schilling occupied the workhorse slot in everyday commerce — market transactions, toll payments, minor ecclesiastical dues — which is precisely why survivors in decent condition are harder to locate than the reference numbers might suggest.
The Wielandt attribution for this type documents a two-year production window, 1742–43, before the dies were retired.