Basel 1806 batzen

Sincona sale 95, lot 4077

This specimen was lot 4077 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$416 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Basel, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1806, Basel. Fast FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Basel, batzen of 1806, Basel mint. About Mint State.)"

This type was struck 1805-06 and 1809-10 while the canton was under Napoleonic domination. Forty batzen made a thaler; during the ancient regime, thirty batzen made a convention thaler.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.52 g, billon, 23.5 mm diameter, this specimen 2.67 g.

Catalog reference: KM 196, D.T. 142b, HMZ 2-111d.

Sources:

• 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

Link to:

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