Bern 1698 2 ducats Fr-138

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Sincona sale 98, lot 4108

This specimen was lot 4108 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 11,000 CHF (about US$15,956 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Doppeldukat 1698, Bern. Sehr selten. Fast vorzüglich. Rand bei 6 Uhr leicht befeilt. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, double ducat of 1698, Bern mint. Very rare, About Extremely Fine, Minor rim filing at 6 o'clock.)"

The climbing bear is the badge of Bern, Switzerland. This type, like all Bernese gold coins of the seventeenth century, is rare and expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.90 g.

Catalog reference: KM 64, D.T. 1119, HMZ 2-187f, Fr-138.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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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