Swiss Cantons, City of Fribourg, BI 1 Kreuzer - 1559 to 1616 CE - Switzerland

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Swiss Cantons
• Authority: City of Fribourg
• Date: 1559 - 1616 CE
• Denomination: BI (billon, debased silver) 1 Kreuzer
• Size: 19mm, 0.89g
• Obverse: + MO · FRIBVRGENSIS - Eagle above tower arms within circle, date in legend.
• Reverse: + SANCTVS: NICOLAVS - Cross in 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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