Bern 1734 3 ducats Fr-135
This specimen was lot 4121 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 13,500 CHF (about US$19,582 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 3 Dukaten 1734, Bern. Die beiden ovalen Wappen einander gegenübergestellt unter einer Krone. Darunter die Wertzahl. Rv. Spruch mit Jahreszahl auf einer Kartusche. Glatter Rand. Äusserst selten. Vorzüglich-FDC. Fassungsspuren. Exemplar der Auktion UBS Gold & Numismatik 62, Zürich, Januar 2005, Los 518. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, triple ducat of 1734, Bern mint. Obverse: dual oval arms under a crown, value below; reverse: legend with date in a cartouche, plain edge. Extremely rare, About Uncirculated, Mount marks.)"
The climbing bear is the badge of Bern, Switzerland. This type, like all Bernese gold coins of the eighteenth century, is rare and expensive. A variety exists (KM 101) with the obverse legend, "BERNENSIS RESPUBLICA".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 10.36 g.
Catalog reference: KM 100, Lohner 70. D.T. 475, HMZ 2 10, Fr-135.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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