Solothurn 1793 2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 4454 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,000 CHF (about US$1,451 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Stadt und Kanton, Halbbatzen 1793, Solothurn. Silberabschlag. Sehr selten. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Zuberbühler, Auktion SINCONA 16, Zürich, Oktober 2013, Los 5959. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, half batzen of 1793, Solothurn mint, struck in silver. Very rare, About Extremely Fine.)"
In Germany, the convention thaler was 120 kreuzer but 160 kreuzer in Switzerland. The reverse motto, "CUNCTA PER DEUM", translates as, "United by God." This type was struck 1760-62, 1787, 1793-96. Most dates are common in circulated condition but this example is an off-metal strike.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.69 g, billon, 23 mm diameter, this specimen silver, 1.84 g.
Catalog reference: KM 35, Simmen-HMZ (SMK VII) 81b (in fine silver). D.T. 694e Anm. Richter (Proben) 1-711 (plate coin), HMZ 2-849e Anm.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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