Aargau 1808 1/2 batzen

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5015

This specimen was lot 5015 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 475 CHF (about US$716 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Aargau, Halbbatzen 1808, Bern. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Aargau, half batzen of 1808. Bern mint. Rare in this condition, About Uncirculated.)"

This half batzen or two kreuzer was struck 1807-09, 1811 and 1815. A variety exists with crude dies for 1807 (KM 8.2). No coinage for Aargau exists prior to 1798, when it was admitted as a canton to the confederation.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.86 g, billon, 21.85 mm diameter, this specimen 1.99 g.

Catalog reference: KM 8.1, D.T. 159a, HMZ 2-32a.

Source:

  • Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
  • [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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