Bern 1617 batzen KM-14
This specimen was lot 5089 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 2,750 CHF (about US$4,145 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1617, Bern. Jahreszahl auf Rückseite. Sehr selten. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Ruedi Kunzmann, Auktion SINCONA 44, Zürich, Oktober 2017, Los 5100. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, batzen of 1617, Bern mint, date on the reverse. Very rare, Very Fine.)"
The SCWC notes three different batzen for 1617: KM 13 (arms divide date), KM 14 (date on eagle side, shown here) and KM 15 (date on shield side).
Recorded mintage: unknown but very scarce.
Specification: 2.49 g, billon, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 2.72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 14, Lohner 645. D.T. 1149, HMZ 2-197d.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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