Thaler

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.