Swiss Cantons, City of Fribourg, AR 1 Schilling - 1501 to 1515 CE - Switzerland

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Fribourg
• Date: 1501 - 1515 CE
• Denomination: AR (silver) 1 Schilling
• Size: 21.5mm, 1.18g
• Obverse: +MONETA+FRIBVRGENS - Tower arms, eagle above.
• Reverse: +SANCTVS+NICOLAVS - Floral cross within circle.
• Notes: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swiss cantons formed a loose confederation known as the Old Swiss Confederacy, rather than a unified nation. Each canton governed itself independently, with significant differences in religion—some were Catholic while others followed Protestantism after the Reformation. Despite internal tensions and occasional conflicts, the cantons maintained a degree of cooperation for mutual defense and economic stability until the confederation was transformed by the French invasion of Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.

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