Bern 1656 20 kreuzer

Sincona sale 102, lot 5094

This specimen was lot 5094 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 325 CHF (about US$490 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Kreuzer 1656, Bern. Vorzüglich-FDC. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 20, Zürich, Oktober 2014, Los 3650. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, twenty kreuzer of 1656, Bern mint. About Uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1656-59 along with a ten kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.

Specification: 5.08 g, silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 5.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM 27, D.T. 1139a, HMZ 2-194a.

Source:

• 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), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

Link to:

• 1656 10 kreuzer, motto reverse
• 1657 30 kreuzer
• 1658 10 kreuzer
• 1658 ducat
• 1658 double ducat
• 1659 20 kreuzer
• (1659) double ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1656