Luzern (1779)-CB 10 batzen
This specimen was lot 4324 in Sincona sale 95 (Zürich, October 2024), where it sold for 475 CHF (about US$658 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Luzern, Stadt und Kanton, 10 Batzen o. J. (um 1779), Luzern. Münzzeichen B bzw. C - B (für Stempelschneider Carl Bruppacher) auf Avers und Revers. Schräg gerippter Rand. Gutes sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5729. (Switzerland, canton of Luzern, undated ten batzen, circa 1779, Luzern mint, mintmaster C-B. Reeded edge. Good Very Fine.)"
This type is listed in the SCWC as a forty kreuzer and comes undated, as here, and dated 1782. It was also worth one quarter of a convention thaler.
Record mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.9 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 6.55 g.
Catalog reference: KM 78 (as 40 kreuzer), Wielandt (Luzern) 175. D.T. 548a, HMZ 2-654a.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 95: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 2 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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