Switzerland 1938-B 2 rappen

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Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 8352
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This specimen was lot 8352 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. 2 Rappen, 1938-B. Bern Mint. NGC SPECIMEN-66 Red Brown. A beautifully struck coin with blazing red mint surfaces and flashy fields." This type was struck at the Bern mint 1893-1941 with an increase in weight from 2.5 g starting in 1932. The design was superseded by KM 4.2b, struck 1942-46, and KM 47, struck 1948-74. The denomination is no longer issued. Many of the dates from the twentieth century are very common and this one is no exception. Prior to confederation in 1850, each Swiss canton issued its own coins.

Recorded mintage: 1,369,000, common.

Specification: 3 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-4.2a.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Divo, Jean-Paul, and Edwin Tobler, Die Münzen der Schweiz, im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Zürich: Bank Leu & Co AG, 1969.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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