Switzerland 1940-B 10 rappen

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75743

This specimen was lot 75743 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $552. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. 10 Rappen, 1940-B. Bern Mint. PCGS MS-66. A pleasant premium Gem, offering rich luster and stunning eye appeal throughout." This type was struck without change 1879-85, 1894-1915, 1919-31, 1940-2015. Some of the interruptions are due to the substitution of cheaper alloys during wartime, other dates in the thirties were struck in nickel. This is a rare date despite the large mintage.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: 3 g, copper-nickel, 19.15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 27.

Source:

• 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, 1901-2000, 47th 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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