Bern 1764 20 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 4151 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Kreuzer 1764, Bern. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, twenty kreuzer of 1764, Bern mint. About Uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1758-59, 1764, 1776-77 and 1787 and was accompanied by a ten kreuzer and a quarter thaler. In Germany, the convention thaler was 120 kreuzer; in Switzerland, the thaler was 160 kreuzer, making this coin five batzen or one-eighth thaler.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 4.39 g.
Catalog reference: KM 119, D.T. 516c, HMZ 2-221h.
- 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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