fwo_1146141 - SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA - CANTON OF GRISONS 1/2 Batzen 1842
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Type : 1/2 Batzen
Date: 1842
Quantity minted : 60000
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,82 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KANTON GRAUBÜNDEN / 1820.
Obverse description : Emblème du Canton de Graubunden.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1/2 / SCHWEIZ / BAZEN .
Reverse description : Légende entourée d’une couronne .
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CONFEDERATION OF HELVETIA - CANTON OF GRISONS
The canton of Graubünden is the largest of the Swiss cantons. For two centuries, Switzerland exported mercenaries, considered the best soldiers in Europe. France made use of it and doubled this commercial agreement with a political agreement intended to prevent the Swiss from providing contingents to enemies of France The Helvetic Republic imposed by the French ended in 1803. Bonaparte, by the Act of mediation gave the Swiss cantons a new constitution which provided for military aid of 16,000 men in exchange for the creation of a federative republic where each canton had its government, almost universal suffrage was established, the army and the coin were common.
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