Vierer

Zug was among the smallest and least wealthy of the Swiss cantons, and its billon small change from this period reflects a municipal economy operating on thin margins. The Vierer — worth four Rappen — was the workhorse denomination for local market transactions, and Zug's issues circulated well beyond cantonal borders by necessity, absorbed into the broader Swiss small-change economy that routinely ignored political boundaries.

The HMZ 1#2-1083a classification covers the full run from 1564 through 1599, suggesting the same dies or closely related working dies saw extended use across decades — not unusual for a small mint with limited resources and low incentive to recut working tools.