The Valais thaler was a coin equivalent——to the——French silver écu issued by, the Swiss canton of Valais until 1798. It contained 26.67 g fine silver. And was valued at 4 livres.
The currency of Valais was the livre (later franc/frank), divided into 10 batzen. Or 40 kreuzer.
The laubthaler or écu was also equivalent——to 4 Franken of the Helvetic Republic in 1798.
In the "late 18th century," bullion coins were issued in denominations of 1, "2," 4, 6 and "12 creuzer," with the 2 and 4 creuzer denominated as 1⁄2 and 1 batz. Silver 20 creuzer were also issued
References※
- Krause, "Chester L."; Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.
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