fwo_708589 - SWITZERLAND - CHUR - IMPERIAL CITY 3 kreutzers ou groschen 1731

SWITZERLAND - CHUR - IMPERIAL CITY 3 kreutzers ou groschen 1731 VF

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Type : 3 kreutzers ou groschen

Date: 1731

Metal : billon

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,23 g.

Coments on the condition:

Cette pièce de 3 kreutzers est frappée sur un flan assez large et irrégulier présentant une usure homogène

Catalogue references :

HMZ.2-498

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAROL VI. D - G - RO IM. IM. S. A. 17-31..

Obverse description : Aigle bicéphale nimbée portant en cœur un écu couronné.

Reverse

Reverse legend : .S. LVCI M. E. P. - .CVRIE..

Reverse description : Buste cuirassé, couronné et nimbé à droite, tenant un sceptre de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; au-dessous 3 dans un cartouche.

Historical background

SWITZERLAND - CHUR - IMPERIAL CITY

(1529-1766)

Chur was an imperial city which minted coins in the name of the emperor from 1529. The bishop defended his monetary rights and continued to mint coins. On March 14, 1648, the town of Chur acquired a mill. In the 17th century, the coins of the bishop and those of the city were minted jointly in equal numbers but never on the same day. In the 18th century, the coins of these two authorities were minted at the same time using rolls bearing several different imprints. The coinage of the city ended in 1766, that of the bishop the following year.