Basel 1787 12 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4072 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 375 CHF (about US$544 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bistum Basel, Joseph Sigismund von Roggenbach, 1782-1793. 12 Kreuzer 1787, Pruntrut. Schräg gerippter Rand. Vorzüglich-FDC. Hübsche Patina. (Switzerland, bishopric of Basel, Joseph Sigismund of Roggenbach, 1782-93, twelve kreuzer of 1787, Pruntrut mint, obliquely reeded edge. About Mint State, Attractively toned.)"
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 1786-88 with the 1788 being the most available date. One convention thaler was 120 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.4 g, billon, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 45, D.T. 715b, HMZ 2-154b.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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- bishop of Basel 1786 12 kreuzer
- bishop of Basel 1788 12 kreuzer
- bishop of Basel 1788 24 kreuzer
- Coins and currency dated 1787