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Thaler
| Issuer | City of Schaffhausen |
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| Year | 1550-1562 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A displayed imperial eagle with spread wings and detailed feathering, facing forward with head turned to the right, set within a beaded inner circle. The circular legend DEVS : SPES : NOSTRA : EST surrounds the eagle, expressing the civic motto of Schaffhausen. The design is executed in the typical South German Renaissance hammered style, with fine detailing on the eagle's plumage and talons. |
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Schaffhausen's municipal thalers of this period were struck under the authority of the city's own mint, a privilege the Free Imperial City jealously maintained through the sixteenth century. The Swiss Confederation's loose political structure meant individual cities retained minting rights long after consolidation had eliminated them elsewhere in German-speaking Europe.
The HMZ 1#2-749 type spans roughly twelve years of production, suggesting dies were used across multiple emission periods rather than representing a single deliberate issue. Exact mintage figures for Schaffhausen municipal silver of this period are not documented in surviving treasury records.