Bern 1798 20 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3229 in Sincona sale 70 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$133 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton. 20 Kreuzer 1798, Bern. Schräg gerippter Rand. Vorzüglich. Leicht justiert. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, twenty kreuzer of 1798, Bern mint. Extremely fine, Minor adjustment marks.)"
Bern, one of the cantons of Switzerland, struck coins fairly steadily throughout the eighteenth century altho thalers are scarce. The coinage was interrupted by Napoleonic occupation but resumed in 1817. In 1839, the coinage was decimalized to 100 centimes = one franc and one, two, four, ten and twenty-five centimes were issued, all in billon. This type was struck 1797-98. Twenty kreuzer = five batzen = 1/8 of a thaler. In 1848, Bern was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 4.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 159, D.T. 517b, HMZ 2-221m.
- 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]Jürg Richter, Auction 70, Swiss Coins and Medals and Rarities in Gold, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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