The Taler was a large silver coin equivalent to 72 Schilling or 2 Gulden that came into use in the 16th century.
Taler coins consisted of 27 to 28 grams of silver, with a diameter of 39 to 43 mm.
The French écu was equivalent to 4 francs of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4 Zürich franken.
In the late 18th century, silver coins were issued in denominations of 5, 10 and 20 Schilling, 1⁄2 and 1 Taler.
A ten ducats coin minted in 1724, with a weight of 34.8 grams in gold, is in possession of the Swiss National Museum.