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DescriptionMuenzmandat Bern 1652.png	English: Edict of the city authorities of Berne, declaring a devaluation of the Batzen (cheap copper coins) by 50%. The document is dated November 22, 1652 (old style, December 2, 1652 new style), and was published by reading it to the population from the pulpit on November 28. The edict defined a term of only three days, until November 30, 1652, to exchange the copper Batzen at the old rate into more stable gold or silver coins. This devaluation was the immediate cause for the outbreak of the Swiss peasant war of 1653.
Date	December 2, 1652 (Gregorian); November 22, 1652 (Julian)
Source	Immediate image source: Muster, E.: Texte und Bilder zum Grossen Schweizerischen Bauernkrieg von 1653 ("Texts and images on the great Swiss peasant war of 1653"). Secondary source: State archive of Berne.
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