Coins of the Brunanter thaler

Brunant

History
In 1913 new coin designs were introduced to replace the previous Thaler coins. The only unchanged design was that of the old 2 cent piece, which people took advantage of and used the less valuable older coins. The 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins were silver, as was the Thaler. In 1932 all but the 1/2 and 1 thaler pieces became copper-nickel. In 1960 the 50 ct. and 1 Thaler pieces were struck in silver for the last time as they would be made of copper-nickel after that. In 1978 the mint stopped striking 2 cent coins due to their infrequent use (compared to 1 and 5 cent pieces. In 2001 the last Thaler (and cent) pieces were issued and in 2002 a special commemorative proof set was released (to a total mintage of 2000 sets).