St. Gall 1766-DR 2 kreuzer
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This specimen was lot 5464 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$367 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ, ST. GALLEN, Stadt. 1/2 Batzen 1766. Vorzüglich. (Switzerland, canton of St. Gall, half batzen of 1766, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1766-68. The auctioneers catalogued this as a half batzen but it is marked "2 K[reuzer]" on the coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 93, D./T. 831.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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