Schwyz 1812 2/3 batzen
These specimens were lot 4409 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where they sold for 650 CHF (about US$943 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Schwyz, 2/3 Batzen 1812, Aarau. Wertangabe "2/3 BATZEN". Mzz. S (Städelin) auf Vorderseite. 2/3 Batzen 1812. Wertangabe "2/3 BATZ:". Ohne Mzz. Variante mit BATZ: Selten. Sehr schön. (2). Divo-Tobler erwähnen die Variante mit BATZ: nicht. (Switzerland, Schwyz, 2/3 batzen of 1812, Aarau mint. The first specimen has the value as "2/3 BATZEN" and an "S" mintmark; the second specimen has the value as "2/3 BATZ:" and no mintmark. Rare, Very Fine, two pieces. Divo-Tobler does not mention the second variety.)"
The KM 63 was struck 1810 and 1812 and the KM 64 was struck 1812 only. 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; KM 63 is scarce and KM 64 is rare.
Specification: 2 g, billon, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: The first specimen KM 63 ("2/3 BATZEN"), D.T. 83c, HMZ 2-809d. The second specimen is KM 64 ("2/3 BATZ:"), D.T. 83c var, HMZ 2-809e.
- 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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