Graubunden 1820 1/6 batzen

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Sincona auction 98, lot 4301

This specimen was lot 4301 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 60 CHF (about US$87 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Graubünden, Kanton, 1/6 Batzen 1820, Zürich. Fast FDC. (Switzerland, Graubünden, one-sixth batzen of 1820, Zürich mint. About Mint State.)"

This type was also struck in 1807. In post-Napoleonic Switzerland, ten batzen made a franc and four francs made a thaler.

Recorded mintage: 480,000.

Specification: 0.7 g, billon, 15.5 mm diameter, this specimen 0.74 g.

Catalog reference: KM 5, D.T. 187b, HMZ 2-607b.

Source:

  • Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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