Bern 1764 10 kreuzer

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Sincona sale 95, lot 4152

This specimen was lot 4152 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$277 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 10 Kreuzer 1764, Bern. Fast FDC. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, ten kreuzer of 1764, Bern mint. About Uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1759, 1764-65, 1776-78 and 1787-90 and was accompanied by a twenty kreuzer and a quarter thaler. In Germany, the convention thaler was 120 kreuzer; in Switzerland, the thaler was 160 kreuzer, making this coin 2½ batzen or one-sixteenth thaler.

Record mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.07 g, silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 2.21 g.

Catalog reference: KM 120, D.T. 522b, HMZ 2-222h.

Sources:

  • 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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