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This specimen was lot 3198 in Sincona sale 70 (Zurich, May 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton. Batzen 1784, Bern. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, batzen of 1784, Bern mint. Good extremely fine.)"
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 1717, 1754, 1765-66, 1770-78, 1784, 1789, 1793-98. Four kreuzer = one batzen = 1/40 of a thaler. In 1848, Bern was incorporated into the reformed Swiss Confederation and coinage for the individual cantons ceased.
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| current | 21:16, 20 July 2021 | | 1,662 × 829 (544 KB) | LatinKing2020 (talk | contribs) | This specimen was lot 3198 in Sincona sale 70 (Zurich, May 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SWITZERLAND | Bern | Stadt und Kanton. Batzen 1784, Bern. Gutes vorzüglich.'' (Switzerland, city and canton of Bern, batzen of 1784, Bern mint. Good extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Bern, one of the cantons of Switzerland, struck coins fairly steadily throughout the eighteenth century altho thalers are scarce. The coinage was interrupted by Napoleo... |
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