Zurich 1807-B 10 schilling
This specimen was lot 4713 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$1,015 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWEIZ Zürich, Stadt und Kanton, 10 Schilling 1807, Zürich. Mzz. B oben in Verzierung der Rückseite. Gestrichelter Rand. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Vorzüglich. (Switzerland, city and canton of Zürich, ten schilling of 1807, Zürich mint. Mintmark 'B' at top of reverse, dotted edge. Very rare date, Extremely Fine.)"
This type was struck 1807-11 with an undated issue from 1806. Numista states ten schilling made two-fifths of a franc or one tenth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a rare date.
Specification: 4.65 g, silver, 28 mm diameter, this specimen 4.73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 182, D.T. 22b, HMZ 2-1176b.
- 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, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins), Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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