The ''Berne Thaler'' was a coin equivalent to the French silver ''écu'' (German: ''laubthaler'') issued by the Swiss

Canton of Bern The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...

. It contained 26.67 g fine silver and was valued at 4 livres. The currency of Bern was the ''livre'' (later, franc or frank), divided into 10 batzen or 40 kreuzer. The ''laubthaler'' or ''écu'' was also equivalent to 4 franken of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4

Berne frank The Frank was the currency of the Swiss canton of Bern between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 ''Batzen'', each of 10 ''Rappen''. It was worth th the French Écu#Silver écu of 1726, silver écu or 6.67 g fine silver. History The Swis ...

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Coins

In the late 18th century, billon coins were issued in denominations of and 1 Kreuzer, and 1 Batzen, together with silver 10 and 20 Kreuzer, , and 1 Thaler, and gold , 1 and 2 ''

Duplone The duplone was a currency used in various Swiss cantons in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Although there is a wide range of conversions due to the differing sizes and gold contents of different canton's duplones, 1 duplone is generally equal to 1 ...

''. The Kreuzer coins were inscribed as 1 ''Vierer''. Additionally, French ''écus'' were counterstamped '40 BZ' (40 batzen) in Bern for local use.

References

* Modern obsolete currencies Currencies of Switzerland 1798 disestablishments Canton of Bern Thaler {{Money-unit-stub