Appenzell 1812 2 franken
This specimen was lot 2064 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €625 (about US$808 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"APPENZELL-AUSSERRHODEN Kanton. 2 Franken 1812, Bern. Nur 1.861 Exemplare geprägt. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (canton of Appenzell-Outer Rhoden, two francs of 1812, Bern mint. Only 1,891 pieces struck. Very attracitve patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Appenzell, a small canton surrounded by the canton of St. Gall, struck coins until 1816. This rare type was accompanied by a four franken piece. The monetary system was 4 pfennig = 1 kreuzer, 4 kreuzer = 1 batzen, 10 batzen = 1 franken.
Recorded mintage: 1,861.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 8, D./T. 156.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
- Richter, Juerg, 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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- 1812 4 franken
- 1813 kreuzer
- Coins and currency dated 1812
- return to coins of Switzerland, Appenzell