The cantons of the
Old Swiss Confederacy used a currency system consisting of based on the old unit of the ''
Schilling Schilling may refer to:
* Schilling (unit), an historical unit of measurement
* Schilling (coin), the historical European coin
* Austrian schilling, the former currency of Austria
* A. Schilling & Company, an historical West Coast spice firm acquir ...
'', with the Schilling divided into 4 ''Rappen'' or 12 ''Haller''. The ''
Taler'' was a large silver coin equivalent to 72 ''Schilling'' or 2 ''Gulden'' that came into use in the 16th century. The ''
Batzen
The batzen is an historical Swiss, south German and Austrian coin. It was first produced in Berne, Switzerland, from 1492 and continued in use there until the mid-19th century.
Name
Bernese chronicler Valerius Anshelm explained the word fr ...
'' was an intermediate coin equivalent to 2 ''Schilling'' or ''Gulden''.
Such ''Taler'' were minted in
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
during the 16th to 18th centuries, with Talers, ''Doppeltaler'' and ''halbe Taler'', first minted in Zürich in the 16th century. First dated coins are Guilders minted in 1512. Taler coins consisted of 27 to 28 grams of silver, with a diameter of 39 to 43 mm.
The currency used in the 18th century was a ''thaler'' worth of a
Cologne mark and a ''gulden'' worth of a
Cologne mark. The Gulden was divided into 40 ''schilling'' or 60 ''kreuzer''. The French
silver ''écu'' was valued at 2 ''gulden''.
The French écu was equivalent to 4 francs of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4
Zürich frank
The Frank was the currency of the Swiss canton of Zürich between 1806 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 ''Batzen'', each of 10 ''Rappen'', with 3 ''Heller'' to the Rappen and 4 Rappen to the ''Schilling''. It was worth th the French silver ''à ...
en. This 4-franken or 40-batzen ''Neutaler'' was minted during 1806-1848.
In the late 18th century, silver coins were issued in denominations of 5, 10 and 20 ''Schilling'', and 1 ''Taler''. Zürich also minted gold half-ducats and ducats. A ten ducats coin minted in 1724, with a weight of 34.8 grams in gold, is in possession of the Swiss National Museum.
References
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* Hans-Peter Capon: HMZ-Katalog Schweiz - Liechtenstein 15. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwarts. Zürich, 1995.
Zürich auf seinen Talern (moneymuseum.com)
External links
Coin Gyaan Website
Modern obsolete currencies
Currencies of Switzerland
Canton of Zürich
1798 disestablishments
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