Groschen - Michael

Features

Issuer County of Gruyères (Fribourg)
Count Michael (1539-1576)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1552
Value 1 Groschen
Currency Gros (1539-1576)
Composition Billon
Weight 1.56 g
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
187924
References HMZ 1# 2-289a
Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann; 2006. Der neue HMZ-Katalog / Band. 1. Die Münzen der Schweiz : Antike bis Mittelalter. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.

Obverse

Coat of arms of Greyerz: heron (Gruiformes) with wings stretched standing left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
? MYCHAEL · PRIN : ET · CO : GRVER ·
1552

Reverse

Cross fleury

Script: Latin

Lettering: ? TRANSVOL : NVBILA : VIRTVS

Comments

These are the last coins issued by the Count and Prince Michel I of Gruyère, in an attempt to repay his debts to the cantons of Bern and Fribourg. This attempt failed and the county was divided between the two creditors in 1555. This division had been predicted by the count's jester in these terms: "Fol, if you continue to spend like this, the bear of Berne will eat the crane in the cauldron of Fribourg!"Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1552 

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