fwo_701665 - SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF FRIBOURG 1 Kreuzer 1622
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Price : 30.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 30.00 €
Type : 1 Kreuzer
Date: 1622
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Ce kreuzer est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Patine tachée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + MON. FRIBVRGENSIS.
Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SANC : NICOLAVS 1622.
Reverse description : Croix cantonné de fleurs.
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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