Kreutzer "Etschkreuzer" MONETA LVCERN

Features

Issuer City of Lucerne
Period Free imperial city (1415-1648)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1502-1550
Value 1 Kreuzer (1⁄64)
Currency Thaler (1422-1550)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.9 g
Diameter 17.5 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
291885
References Wielandt Luzern# 21,
Friedrich Wielandt; 1969. Münz- und Geldgeschichte des Standes Luzern. Schweizerischer Bankverein Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland.
HMZ 2# 612b,
Jürg Richter, Ruedi Kunzmann; 2006. Der neue HMZ-Katalog / Band. 2. Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins : 15./16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
Haas L# 
Franz Haas-Zumbühl; 1895. Die Münzen des Standes Luzern (Revue suisse de numismatique, Volume 5). L.-F. Jarrys, Geneva, Switzerland.

Obverse

Coat of arms of Lucerne on small square shield in trefoil; the left half diagonally hatched; the right half plain. Gothic script.

Lettering: ✠ LVCERNENSI

Translation:
Lucernensis.
Of Lucerne.

Reverse

Double cross. Antiqua script.

Lettering: MONETA LVCERN

Translation:
Moneta Lucernensis.
Coin of Lucerne.

Mint

Lucerne, Switzerland

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