- The
batzen is a
historical Swiss,
south German and
Austrian coin. It was
first produced in Bern, Switzerland, from 1492 and
continued in use
there until...
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livre tournois. The
livre was
divided into 20 sols, 10
batzen or 40 kreuzer.
After 1690, 30 Bern
batzen equated to
either a
German Reichsthaler (25.984 g fine...
- "Ein ****er und ein
Batzen", also
known by its
chorus of "Heidi, heido, heida", (with all
three words being modifications of the name Adelheid) is a German...
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silver as its most
widely used thaler,
valued at 4
livres (francs) or 40
batzen of Bern. In 1798 this
system was
adopted by the
Helvetic Confederation with...
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Swiss canton of
Aargau between 1798 and 1850. It was
subdivided into 10
Batzen, each of 4
Kreuzer or 10 Rappen. It was
worth 1⁄4th the
French silver écu...
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later also in Basel,
Solothurn and Lucerne. The
value of this coin was 10
Batzen. The name
franc was
taken from the
colloquial name of the
French livre tournois...
- The
Basel Thaler was a
currency denomination worth 3
livres or 30
batzen used by the
Swiss Canton of
Basel until 1798. It was used by both the
Canton and...
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Swiss canton of
Fribourg between 1798 and 1850. It was
subdivided into 10
Batzen, each of 4
Kreuzer or 10 Rappen. It was
worth 1⁄4th the
French silver écu...
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represented with a coat of arms
inscribed "XIX CANT" or "XIX CANTONE", e.g. 20
Batzen coin
minted by Aargau, 1809 (moneymuseum.org), the 1
Frank coin
minted by...
- ones and on the
other hand by
minting less
valuable copper coins called Batzen that had the same face
value as the
previously minted silver money. The...
