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SWITZERLAND. Berne / Bern. Sechzehnerpfennig 1706 By H. J. Burckhard. SM 613; Haller 774. AR. 27.76 g. XF-AU
Nice cabinet toning, light and old cleaning.
Every year at Easter, the top authorities in Bern were reappointed. The electoral body, which was also a constitutional body, was made up of the small council (senatus) and a sixteen-member committee of the large council. On March 30, 1666, the council decided to give up the electoral college's usual meal on the evening before Good Friday. Instead, these new sixteen pfennigs were handed out for the first time on Holy Thursday (before Good Friday) in 1667.
Nice cabinet toning, light and old cleaning.
Every year at Easter, the top authorities in Bern were reappointed. The electoral body, which was also a constitutional body, was made up of the small council (senatus) and a sixteen-member committee of the large council. On March 30, 1666, the council decided to give up the electoral college's usual meal on the evening before Good Friday. Instead, these new sixteen pfennigs were handed out for the first time on Holy Thursday (before Good Friday) in 1667.