Solothurn 1789 1/2 kreuzer

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Sincona sale 91, lot 3480

This specimen was lot 3480 in Sincona sale 91 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 100 CHF (about US$132 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Vierer 1789, Solothurn. Gutes vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, vierer of 1789, Solothurn mint. Good extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1761, 1789-90, 1793-98 and is common up thru Extremely Fine. Four kreuzer made a batzen and forty batzen made a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.6 g, billon, 14.5 mm diameter, this specimen 0.59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 36.2, Simmen 77a. D.T. 696b, HMZ 2-851b.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 91, The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 1 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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