Bern 1798 thaler Dav-1760A

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Künker sale 386, lot 5700

This specimen was lot 5700 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,163 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ, BERN, Stadt. Taler zu 40 Batzen 1798. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Switzerland, city of Bern, thaler of forty batzen of 1798. Outstanding example, about uncirculated.)"

The climbing bear is the badge of Bern, Switzerland. Two types of thaler were struck in 1798; the thin warrior (KM 165) and a stout warrior shown here, which is slightly scarcer. In Bern, 4 kreuzer = one batzen and 40 batzen = one thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM 164, Dav-1760A; D./T. 508.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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