Appenzell 1738 bluzger KM-27

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Sincona sale 95, lot 4018

This specimen was lot 4018 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 4,000 CHF (about US$5,544 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Appenzell Innerrhoden, Bluzger 1738, Appenzell. Ovales Wappen in Kartusche. Rv. Bluzgerkreuz, die Schenkelenden mit Bogen verbunden. Von grosser Seltenheit. Gutes sehr schön. Beischlag zu den Haldensteiner Bluzgern von Freiherr Gubert von Salis. Exemplar der Sammlung Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich Oktober 2013, Los 5053. (Switzerland, canton of Appenzell, bluzger of 1738, Appenzell mint. Obverse: oval arms in cartouche; reverse: bluzger style cross, the ends of the arms connected with a bow. Similar to the bluzgers of Gubert von Salis of Haldenstein. Of high rarity, Good Very Fine.)"

This billon type was struck 1738 only and is rare. One thaler was 120 kreuzer or 180 bluzger.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.6 g, billon, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 0.58 g.

Catalog reference: KM 27, Tobler (SMK V) 19. D.T. 798, HMZ 2-44a.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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