Basel 1659 batzen
This specimen was lot 4058 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$580 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bistum Basel, Johann Konrad I. von Roggenbach, 1656-1693. Batzen 1659, Pruntrut. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön. (Switzerland, bishopric of Basel, John Conrad of Roggenbach, 1656-93, batzen of 1659, Pruntrut mint. Rare in this condition. Very Fine.)"
The bishop of Basel was driven from his seat when Basel turned Protestant during the Reformation. He resided in Pruntrut and issued coins from there. This type was struck 1655-63.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.26 g, billon, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 1.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 21, D.T. 1307d, HMZ 2-137d.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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