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Shilling
| Issuer | City of Zürich |
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| Year | 1501-1594 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1500-1561) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A displayed imperial double-headed eagle with spread wings occupies the central field, set against a plain background and enclosed within a beaded border. The year of issue appears in the legend alongside the inscription affirming Zürich's status as a free imperial city. The legend is arranged continuously around the periphery, interrupted by cross stops. |
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Zürich's civic coinage operated largely independent of imperial monetary reform during this period — the city resisted the spread of the Guldengroschen-based system far longer than many of its neighbors, continuing to issue small billon denominations suited to local market trade rather than long-distance commerce. The shilling functioned as a working coin of the Zürich market economy across nearly a full century of production, spanning the Reformation upheaval under Zwingli, the subsequent confessional conflicts, and the city's consolidating authority over its hinterland.
The near-century span of this type makes die attribution complex. HMZ distinguishes multiple subtypes within 2#1130.