Switzerland, 1798 AD., Swiss cantons, Neuchâtel, Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, 4 Kreuzer, KM 54.
Switzerland, Swiss cantons, Neuchâtel / Neuenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, 1798 AD.,
4 Kreuzer (ø 25 mm / 2,40 g), billon, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°),
Obv.: F·G·BOR·REX·PR· - SUB·NOVIC· & VAL· / CR· 4· , crowned arms within beaded circle, value below.
Rev.: SUUM 1798 CUIQUE , floreated cross within beaded circle, date above.
KM 54 ; HMZ 2-716a .
Year / Mintage
1798 / ?
Neuchâtel (French); German: Neuenburg; Italian: Neocastello or Nuovocastello; Romansh: Neuchâtel or Neufchâtel) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel.
The city has as of December 2013 approximately 33,600 inhabitants (80,000 in the metropolitan area). The city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name About this sound Neuenburg (help·info), which has the same meaning. It was part of to the Holy Roman Empire and later under Prussian control from 1707 until 1848. At the turn of the 19th century, the King of Prussia was defeated by Napoleon I and was forced to give up Neuchâtel in order to keep Hanover. Napoleon's field marshal, Berthier, became Prince of Neuchâtel, building roads and restoring infrastructure, but never actually setting foot in his domain. After the fall of Napoleon, Frederick William III of Prussia reasserted his rights by proposing that Neuchâtel be linked with the other Swiss cantons (the better to exert influence over all of them). On September 12, 1814, Neuchâtel became the capital of the 21st canton, but also remained a Prussian principality. It took a bloodless revolution in the decades following for Neuchâtel to shake off its princely past and declare itself, on March 1, 1848, a republic within the Swiss Confederation.
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