Luzern 1804 batzen
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This specimen was part of lot 5368 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$302 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ. Luzern. Stadt und Kanton. Batzen 1803, Luzern und Aarau. Batzen 1804. Batzen 1805. Lot von 3 Stück. Schön-sehr schön. (Switzerland, canton of Luzern, batzen of 1803, 1804 and 1805, Luzern mint. Fine-Very Fine, three pieces.)"
This example is from a type struck 1804 and 1806. One thaler was forty batzen and one batzen was ten rappen.
Recorded mintage: 67,871.
Specification: 2.6 g, billon, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 97, D.T. 63a, HMZ 2-673b.
- 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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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