Luzern 1815 2-1/2 batzen KM-110

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Sincona sale 102, lot 5389

This specimen was lot 5389 in Sincona Auction 102 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 275 CHF (about US$415 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ. Luzern. Stadt und Kanton. 2 1/2 Batzen 1815, Luzern. Variante mit CANTON. Schräg gerippter Rand. FDC. Exemplar der Auktion SINCONA 64, Zürich, Juni 2020, Los 3429. (Switzerland, canton of Luzern, 2½ batzen of 1815, Luzern mint, variety with "CANTON", obliquely reeded edge. Mint State.)"

Production of this type was shared with KM 111, with the obverse legend "RESPUBLICA LUCERNENSIS". One thaler was forty batzen or sixteen of these coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown but more common than KM 111.

Specification: 2.0 g, 0.900 fine silver, 20.5 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 2.15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 110, Wielandt (Luzern) 224. D.T. 60, HMZ 2-672b.

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 102: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 4 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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