Solothurn 1805 batzen

Sincona sale 98, lot 4461

This specimen was lot 4461 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 375 CHF (about US$544 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SCHWEIZ Solothurn, Stadt und Kanton, Batzen 1805, Solothurn. Gutes vorzüglich. Feine Patina. (Switzerland, canton of Solothurn, batzen of 1805, Solothurn mint. About Uncirculated, Nicely toned.)"

Forty batzen made a thaler. This one year type is scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 2.58 g, billon, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 2.29 g.

Catalog reference: KM 65, D.T. 128, HMZ 2-859a.

Sources:

• 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, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

Link to:

• 1798 20 batzen
• 1798 duplone
• 1798 double duplone
• Aargau 1805 batzen
• Basel 1805 batzen, "REIPUB" obverse
• Basel 1805 batzen, CANTON obverse
• Luzern 1805 batzen, "MONETA • REIPUB • LUCERNENSIS"
• Vaud 1805 batzen
• 1807 batzen
• Coins and currency dated 1805