Fribourg 1754 2 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 5176 in Sincona sale 35 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$475 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Freiburg/Fribourg | Stadt, Halbbatzen 1754. Sehr selten. Fast sehr schön. (city of Fribourg, half batzen of 1754. Very rare, About very fine.)"
This type was issued 1741, 1746, 1751-54, 1767-74, 1787-89, 1793, 1797-98 with variation in shields. The type is common but the 1754 is a rare date. Two kreuzer = half batzen. Whereas in most of the Swiss cantons 160 kreuzer made a thaler, in Fribourg 56 kreuzer made a gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.61 g.
Catalog reference: D.T. 656e, HMZ 2-277q, KM 47.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Schweizer Münzen und Medaillen vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit, Auktion 35, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.
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