Solothurn 1795 20 batzen
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This specimen was lot 1374 in Jean Elsen sale 114 (Brussels, September 2012) where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"SUISSE, SOLEURE (SOLOTHURN), Ville, AR 20 Batzen, 1795, Droit: Ecu couronné entre deux rameaux. Revers: Grande lettre S sur une croix. Flan court à 4h. Superbe. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, silver twenty batzen of 1795. Obverse: crowned arms between two branches; reverse: large 'S' on a cross. Flan clipped at 4:00, extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1795 and 1798 and is not priced as a rarity. Twenty batzen was half a thaler.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 15,26 g.
Catalog reference: D.T., 677a, KM 57.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 114, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
Link to:
- Solothurn 1791 10 batzen
- 1793 half kreuzer (vierer)
- 1793 2 kreuzer (half batzen), struck in silver
- Solothurn 1793 4 kreuzer = batzen
- 1794 10 kreuzer (2½ batzen)
- 1794 10 batzen = quarter thaler
- 1795 2 kreuzer (half batzen), struck in silver
- 1795 20 kreuzer (5 batzen)
- 1796 quarter duplone
- 1796 half duplone
- 1796 duplone
- 1796 double duplone
- Solothurn 1798 20 batzen
- Coins and currency dated 1795
- return to coinage of Switzerland, Solothurn