Solothurn 1785 10 kreuzer

Sincona sale 63, lot 3541

This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 64 (Zürich, June 2020), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$1,003 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | Solothurn | Stadt und Kanton, 10 Kreuzer 1785, Solothurn. FDC. Prachtvolle Erhaltung. (canton of Solothurn, ten kreuzer of 1785, Solothurn mint. Uncirculated, Magnificent condition.)"

This ten kreuzer (one-sixth of a gulden) was the last of its denomination. The monetary system was 4 pfennig = one kreuzer, 4 kreuzer = one batzen, 10 batzen = one franken.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2.14 g.

Catalog reference: KM 47, D.T. 689, HMZ 2-847c.

Source:

• 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, Jürg, Sincona sale 64: Swiss Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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