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| Issuer | Switzerland |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | CONFŒDERATIO HELVETICA ✶ 1827 ✶ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Switzerland's aluminium coinage of the mid-twentieth century was issued as a wartime expedient, freeing strategic metals for industrial use. The quarter franc series in particular saw limited circulation life — the metal's lightness made the pieces unpopular with the public, and many were returned to the Confederation well before normal coin retirement cycles.