Luzern 1793 40 kreuzer

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71660

This specimen was lot 71660 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Lucerne. 40 Kreuzer, 1793. NGC MS-61. A boldly struck coin with pleasing orange to green undertones, exhibiting good eye appeal for the assigned grade." This is a one year type from a canton that rarely issued this denomination. Forty kreuzer = ten batzen = one frank = ¼ thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-84.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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