fwo_662694 - SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF FRIBOURG 7 Kreuzer 1795
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Type : 7 Kreuzer
Date: 1795
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,14 g.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA/ *1795*/ FRIBURGENS.
Obverse description : Écu couronné et posé sur deux palmes en sautoir.
Obverse translation : (République de Fribourg).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUS - AUXI - LIUM - NOSTR.
Reverse description : Croix formée de huit F adossées et couronnées deux par deux, le chiffre 7 au centre.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF FRIBOURG
Friborg was founded in 1178 by the House of Zäringhen then, from 1277, passed into the Habsburg family. In 1452, Louis de Savoie incorporated Friborg into his duchy. In 1477, the people of Friborg became independent before becoming members of the Helvetic Confederation in 1481. Friborg concluded a treaty of alliance with France called "Perpetual Peace". In the 16th century the canton of Friborg was the center of the Swiss Catholic reform.
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