Bern 1546 1/2 batzen
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This specimen was lot 4081 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$145 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Halbbatzen 1546, Bern. Sehr schön. Avers: Schrötlingsfehler. Exemplar der Auktion Meister & Sonntag 9, Stuttgart, Mai 2010, Los 748. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, half batzen of 1546, Bern mint. Very Fine, Flan flaw.)"
Half a batzen was two kreuzer. This type was struck 1530, 1537-38 and 1546-51.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.76 g, billon, this specimen 1.36 g.
Catalog reference: HMZ 2-175e.
- 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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