Aargau 1809 5 batzen

Sincona sale 91, lot 3018

This specimen was lot 3018 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Aargau, 5 Batzen 1809, Aarau. Schräg geriffelter Rand. Selten. Fast vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Aargau, five batzen of 1809, Aarau mint, obliquely reeded edge. Rare, About extremely fine.)"

This five batzen was struck in 1808-10. All three dates are priced the same. No coinage for Aargau exists prior to 1798, when it was admitted as a canton to the confederation.

Recorded mintage: 84,000.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 4.45 g.

Catalog reference: KM 13.1, D.T. 195b, HMZ 2-22d.

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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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