Bern 1776 20 kreuzer

Sincona sale 91, lot 3155

This specimen was lot 3155 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 950 CHF (about US$1,255 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, 20 Kreuzer 1776, Bern. Vorzüglich-FDC. Hübsche Patina. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, twenty kreuzer of 1776, Bern mint. Extremely fine-uncirculated, Attractively toned.)"

This is a late date of a type struck 1758-59, 1764, 1776-77, 1787. Twenty kreuzer was one-sixth of a convention thaler but later equal to four batzen or 1/10 thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 4.38 g.

Catalog reference: KM 119, D.T. 516d, HMZ 2-221i.

Source:

• 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 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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