fwo_618802 - SWITZERLAND - ABBEY OF ST. GALLEN Thaler au nom de Beda Angehrn 1780

SWITZERLAND - ABBEY OF ST. GALLEN

The coinage of Saint-Gall is divided into two distinct parts: the coinage of the Abbey of Saint-Gall which was founded in 947 and which is one of the oldest in Switzerland and the coinage of the canton of Saint-Gall. . If the coinage of the abbey began in 1240, that of the canton did not begin before the end of the 14th century. The city of Saint-Gall became free in 1357 and was separated from the abbey in 1457. In 1798, the secular power of the prince-abbots of Saint-Gall was abolished.