Schwyz 1810 2/3 batzen

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Sincona auction 98, lot 4401

This specimen was lot 4401 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$580 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Schwyz, 2/3 Batzen 1810, Aarau. Wertangabe "2/3 BATZ:". Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast FDC. Wielandt erwähnt auf Seite 71, dass diese Münzsorte im Volksmund "Chäsperli" (kleiner Kaspar) genannt wurde, ein Ausdruck, der früher für die österreichischen 1/4-Kronentaler verwendet wurde. (Switzerland, Schwyz, 2/3 batzen of 1810, Aarau mint, value as '2/3 BATZ:'. Very rare in this condition, About Mint State. Wielandt mentions on page 71 that this coin type was popularly called 'Chäsperli' (little Kaspar), a term formerly used for the Austrian quarter Kronentaler.)"

The SCWC says both KM 56 ("2/3 BATZ:") and KM 63 ("2/3 BATZEN") were struck in 1810. After being temporarily unified under Napoleon's Helvetic Republic, the cantons went their separate ways after the Congress of Vienna and issued a torrent of low value coins. The Swiss confederation was reorganized in 1848 and the cantonal issues terminated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2 g, billon, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM 56, D.T. 83a, HMZ 2-809b.

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 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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