Berne thaler

The Berne Thaler was a coin equivalent to the French silver écu (German: laubthaler) issued by the Swiss Canton of Bern.

It contained 26.67 g fine silver and was valued at 4 livres.

The currency of Bern was the livre (later, franc or frank), divided into 10 batzen or 40 kreuzer.

In the late 18th century, billon coins were issued in denominations of 1⁄2 and 1 Kreuzer, 1⁄2 and 1 Batzen, together with silver 10 and 20 Kreuzer, 1⁄4, 1⁄2 and 1 Thaler, and gold 1⁄2, 1 and 2 Duplone.

Additionally, French écus were counterstamped '40 BZ' (40 batzen) in Bern for local use.