Thaler 'Kelchtaler'

Zürich's Kelchtaler takes its name from the chalice-type reverse, a design choice that placed the city squarely in the visual vocabulary of Reformed Protestantism at a moment when Zwingli's influence still shaped every civic decision. The canton had full minting rights confirmed under imperial privilege, and the Thaler series issued across this decade served the heavy trade flows through the city's markets as much as any political statement.

Davenport's EC I listing places this among the early Swiss cantonal Thalers — a series where die workmanship varies considerably across the production run.