Bern 1792 kreuzer KM-Pn19
This specimen was lot 4169 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 2,200 CHF (about US$3,049 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Kreuzer 1792, Bern. Probeprägung. Eckiges Berner Wappen über einem kleinen Kranz. Rv. Blätterkreuz. Sehr selten. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5272. (Switzerland, canton of Bern, kreuzer of 1792, Bern mint, trial strike. Obverse: square cantonal arms above a wreath; reverse: foliate cross. Very rare, Extremely Fine.)"
This pattern kreuzer features a more elaborate cross and a different shaped shield than the regular issue (KM 115). Numista estimates 11-20 pieces exist. 160 kreuzer = forty batzen = one thaler.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.97 g, billon, this specimen 1.13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 115 (regular issue), KM Pn19 (this pattern), Lohner 1380. Richter (Proben) 1-226. D.T. 529, HMZ 2-225n.
- 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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