Bern 1679 10 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4128 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,109 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 10 Kreuzer 1679, Bern. Geschweiftes Wappen in Kartusche, die Felder damasziert. Rv. Schrift in drei Zeilen, darunter die Wertzahl. Von grosser Seltenheit. Fast sehr schön. Leicht gereinigt. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, ten kreuzer of 1679, Bern mint. Obverse: indented arms in a cartouche with damascened fields; reverse: two line inscription, date below. Of high rarity, About Very Fine, Lightly cleaned.)"
This style was struck 1679 only. A variety exists with plain fields surrounding the bear rather than damascened (decorated) fields as shown here. Ten kreuzer was one ninth of a thaler in the late seventeenth century.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.27 g, silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 42, D.T. 1147, var, HMZ 2-196i.
- 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 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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