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Zürich thaler
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<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Zürich thaler</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td>MONETA REIPUBLICÆ TIGURINÆ, oval city coat-of-arms supported by lions rampant</td><td>DOMINE CONSERVA NOS IN PACE, view of city</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">1727 taler coin</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The cantons of the <a href="/facts/Old_Swiss_Confederacy/0j0hp0V1">Old Swiss Confederacy</a> used a currency system consisting of based on the old unit of the <i><a href="/facts/Shilling/AwY1RJAz">Schilling</a></i>, with the Schilling divided into 4 <i>Rappen</i> or 12 <i>Haller</i>. The <i><a href="/facts/Thaler/P3gMaECK">Taler</a></i> was a large silver coin equivalent to 72 <i>Schilling</i> or 2 <i>Gulden</i> that came into use in the 16th century. The <i><a href="/facts/Batzen/UpVQqvYk">Batzen</a></i> was an intermediate coin equivalent to 2 <i>Schilling</i> or 1⁄18 <i>Gulden</i>. </p>