Neuchatel 1796 10-1/2 batzen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3932

This specimen was lot 3932 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 10 1/2 Batzen (1/2 Gulden) 1796, Neuenburg (Neuchâtel). Prägung für das Fürstentum Neuenburg. Kl. Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, 10½ batzen of 1796, Neuchatel mint, struck for the principality of Neuchatel. Weakly struck, extremely fine.)"

This type, like most issues from this small part of Switzerland, is rare. Ten and a half batzen = half gulden = one quarter convention thaler.

Recorded mintage: 5,052.

Specification: silver, this specimen 7,58 g.

Catalog reference: KM 52, HMZ 2-708 a; J. 230; Olding 46 b.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Prägungen der Könige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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