Neuchatel 1796 28 kreuzer

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Künker sale 353, lot 3935

This specimen was lot 3935 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €320 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 28 Kreuzer 1796, Neuenburg (Neuchâtel). Prägung für das Fürstentum Neuenburg. Sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, 28 kreuzer of 1796, Neuchatel mint, struck for the principality of Neuchatel. Very fine.)"

This type, like most issues from this small part of Switzerland, is rare. It was also struck in 1793. Twenty-eight kreuzer = seven batzen.

Recorded mintage: 7,887 including 1793.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 5,15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 50, HMZ 2-709 b; J. 228; Olding 48.

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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